Example sentences of "reduction [prep] the number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As already mentioned , many plans had to be changed in the light of the recession and these included reduction of the number of Cross Country HSTs . |
| 2 | There would again be an increase in the ability of a elements to overshadow c elements , but in addition the reduction of the number of c elements activated by A would mean that relatively few of them would be capable of acquiring associative strength in the first place . |
| 3 | Similarly , the Labour government 's policies on the reduction of the number of private pay beds did not always lead to enthusiastic implementation in the late 1970s . |
| 4 | Any alternative coding technique suggested would have to provide an acceptable trade-off between the reduction of the number of candidates , and selecting the correct word . |
| 5 | So far from allowing that number might increase , in 1769 he even favoured a reduction of the number of the enfranchised . |
| 6 | One consequence of these extension schemes that may have a serious effect upon arts education is the way that some authorities are pushing for arts subjects to be taught as part of modular courses , which could lead to a reduction of the number of two-year examination courses in separate arts subjects . |
| 7 | Whereas the majority of respondents from the six CCAB bodies favoured the principle of rationalisation by means of reduction of the number of bodies , 58 per cent of ICAS respondents did not . |
| 8 | The emerging sterile adults mated with the wild ones to produce dramatic reductions in the number of screwworms and their eventual eradication . |
| 9 | It is expected that this trend will continue , with further reductions in the number of hours worked and more people taking early retirement . |
| 10 | Table 5.6 shows a sample passage of handwritten text together with the recognition results for it , and the reductions in the number of candidates which would have been allowed , had a measure of word length been used . |
| 11 | The only possible savings would be from reductions in the number of teachers in the maintained schools , which would come about if parents were to stick to the survey preferences that they indicated for the independent sector . |
| 12 | Nationwide a picture has emerged of nurses worrying that patient care is being compromised by reductions in the number of qualified nursing staff in the NHS . |
| 13 | Most spectacularly of all , the Soviet leader announced a reduction of 500,000 in the size of Soviet armed forces over the following two years , including reductions in the number of divisions in both Europe and Asia and changes in the structure of the forces that remained ( including the withdrawal of a large number of tanks ) so that their purposes became more clearly peaceful . |
| 14 | If we could have an agreement on reductions in the number of warheads , it would show clearly that although we possess nuclear weapons , their scale does not have to be as great as we considered in the recent past . |
| 15 | The communiqué added that the changed strategic environment in Europe required " dramatic reductions in the number of NATO 's nuclear weapons retained in Europe " . |
| 16 | Unless of course it 's er high rise housing housing in in in urban areas and of course in that in those scenarios you do get a big reductions in the number of . |
| 17 | Although reductions in the number of clinically apparent cases may mask the circulation of wild polioviruses in the absence of highly sensitive surveillance systems , and potentially delay implementation of control measures , further advances in laboratory techniques to detect wild poliovirus in the environment should increase the likelihood of detection of ‘ silent ’ spread of infection . |
| 18 | A 1987 report of the Agricultural Economic Development Committee concludes that there will have to be relatively rapid reductions in the number of people employed in agriculture , and that therefore farmers will need to develop new rural enterprises which will provide new employment , while at the same time meeting the demands of the public for greater access , recreation and conservation . |
| 19 | But poll tax capping means cuts in County Council budgets , and that means substantial reductions in the number of new books the library can buy . |
| 20 | This was the first fall since 1973 and was due predominantly to reductions in the numbers of remand prisoners , due to the success of the probation service 's bail information schemes , and sentenced young offenders , partly due to the stricter criteria for custodial sentences for young people required by the 1988 Criminal Justice Act , and partly to the drawing up and implementation of ‘ action plans ’ for community plans by the probation service . |
| 21 | The reduction in the number of Cabinet meetings ( 45 — 50 per annum , about half of the post-war norm ) , and of Cabinet papers ( 60 — 70 , or one-sixth of the figure in the 1950s ) , and the appointment of fewer Cabinet committees have reduced the opportunities for collective deliberation . |
| 22 | The growth of private home-ownership and car-ownership , reduction in the number of voters dependent on council housing , expansion of self-employment ( up from 1.9 million to 3 million between 1979 and 1989 ) and of employment in the private sector , and a fall in the public-sector employment , may also work against the party . |
| 23 | He refused to allow the party access to his fund , and partly for this reason the Liberals were forced to accept a drastic reduction in the number of candidatures , from 513 in 1929 to 112 in 1931 , The condition of the Liberals was far more serious than that of Labour , for the Liberal party was beginning to lose its sense of identity and purpose ( and has still not fully recovered it ) . |
| 24 | Going on to the inter-war years the authors note that there was no great reduction in the number of incidents reported in the press , despite the reputation of the large crowds of those years fur generally good behaviour . |
| 25 | Despite the reduction in the number of centre ministers , Mrs Cresson knows she will still often need the abstentions , if not the votes , of the 39 centre deputies . |
| 26 | Psychologically this did England no good at all , of course , and the batsmen struggled to 145 off 46 overs , the reduction in the number of overs caused by West Indies bowling so slowly . |
| 27 | Cole wanted the WEA to maintain , and where necessary restore , its position as the educational representative of the working-class movement , responding to demands for classes by trade unions and other workers ' groups , even if this meant some reduction in the number of courses taught . |
| 28 | In his 1955–56 Annual Report , at the end of a year when insufficient Terminal courses had been provided to use up all available Ministry grant , he commented that ‘ we may find it increasingly difficult to resist a reduction in the number of tutor-organisers we now employ , let alone claim a further appointment , if additional Terminal courses are not successfully organised in both established and new centres ’ . |
| 29 | Whilst numbers of full-time farmers had fallen by 28% in the past ten years there had only been an 8% reduction in the number of part-time farmers . |
| 30 | A reduction in the number of toes on each foot parallels that seen in fleet-of-foot mammals . |