Example sentences of "and [noun] [be] reduced to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rock garden is dismantled , beds filled in , and borders are reduced to ragged strips struggling for survival along the boundary fence . |
| 2 | Start-up and shut-down are reduced to a single button operation and full diagnostic status information is provided . |
| 3 | They fled to the low countries , fell among thieves , and Katharine was reduced to giving birth to her son on the steps of a church at Wesel , even the sexton refusing to give them shelter . |
| 4 | In the presence of the risk-free asset the market portfolio may be identified and diversification was reduced to a process of investment in the market portfolio and the risk-free assets to derive the required risk return attributes . |
| 5 | The problems of alienation and estrangement are reduced to problems of access to knowledge . |
| 6 | We passively receive sense-impressions — ‘ in bare , naked perception the mind is , for the most part , merely passive ’ ; and all human thought and knowledge is reduced to rational generalizations derived from experience . |
| 7 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 8 | The initiative clearly lies elsewhere , effectively in managerial levels outside schools ; and teachers are reduced to a reactive or defensive position and should not be surprised to feel alternately frustration and cynicism about the whole process . |
| 9 | In an age when totems and taboos are reduced to being another manifestation of Freudian symbols , where stands the homosexual ? |
| 10 | BR could not avoid passing its dramatically increased costs following the oil crisis on to its customers , especially London commuters , and as they reduced in number ( demand falling at 1 per cent a year ) services , stock and facilities were reduced to ‘ match demand ’ , inevitably causing poor morale . |