Example sentences of "to a reduction [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In February 1990 the leading member of the opposition , Juan Ponce Enrile , was arrested on charges arising from the coup [ see p. 37250 ] , although a Supreme Court decision in June led to a reduction of the charges [ see p. 37534 ] . |
| 3 | Such consultations , together with the decrease in publication delays , will lead to a reduction of the latency period , because there is now a higher probability that the thesis , or papers derived from it , will be read and subsequently cited , but there may also be other factors involved . |
| 4 | It is done on a 12-week cycle and will lead to a reduction in the cost for a producer with , say , 60 hens , to about £24 over the laying period . |
| 5 | There are various procedural requirements applicable to a reduction in the standard number , including a duty of the proposer to publish details of the proposals and to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State if objections to them are raised by 10 or more local government electors or by the LEA or governors ( whichever of them is not the admissions authority ) . |
| 6 | An increase in manual or mechanical energy , known as kinetic energy , leads to a reduction in the need for chemical energy and heat or vice versa . |
| 7 | It is a curious comment on Thatcherism , however , that the administration most committed to a reduction in the role of the state , and in the need for an independent private sector , has spent more on specific urban regeneration and employment schemes and incentives to private investment in urban areas than any other in recent history . |
| 8 | Gorse and bracken spread ( the former significantly richer for wildlife than the latter ) may be due to a reduction in the intensity of land management in some parishes . |
| 9 | It would be reasonable to expect that the extension and development of community psychiatric services would lead to a reduction in the rate of suicide and attempted suicide , but there is little evidence that this is so . |
| 10 | In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages . |
| 11 | The intensive use of capital for highly automated products leads to a reduction in the importance of manpower . |
| 12 | The fact that magnesium atoms are smaller than the calcium atoms they replaced has let to a reduction in the volume of the rock . |
| 13 | The trend is now towards small regional events , due largely to a reduction in the funds available for overnight accommodation and travel . |
| 14 | It should lead to a reduction in the food costs themselves . |
| 15 | These changes in the participation rates of the elderly must be due either to a reduction in the demand for the labour of this section of the population , or a reduction in the labour services offered or supplied by the elderly , or some combination of the two . |
| 16 | The Confederation of British Industry and Trades Union Congress have both given their support to a reduction in the male pension age , as have the House of Lords Select Committee on Unemployment ( 1982 ) and the House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services ( 1982 ) . |
| 17 | Has social and economic change over the past two centuries led to a reduction in the actual support which kin give to each other ? |
| 18 | The experience in housing and nursing home care in Britain suggests that the level of state subsidies required to enable poor individuals to participate in such a market does not lead to a reduction in the total cost to the state . |
| 19 | It could , for example , consist of a complaint that a rating list had been prepared on an unfair basis in the sense that another ratepayer 's property had been undervalued , even if a revaluation would not lead to a reduction in the complainant 's rate bill . |
| 20 | This would provide , in some people 's view , a fairer competition between state and private education , and lead to a reduction in the need for the state to provide such a large proportion of the service . |
| 21 | In America the increased activity of the single interest group has led to a reduction in the strength of the political party . |
| 22 | Zinc and vitamin A , if deficient , may lead to a reduction in the output of hormones by the thyroid , and in turn a relative slowing of metabolic rate . |
| 23 | First , it is unlikely that the decrease in family size will lead to a reduction in the demand for HE . |
| 24 | This led to a reduction in the amount of capital available for new investment in manufacturing and to a fall in the ability of private individuals to change jobs and move houses . |
| 25 | Clear and up-to-date development plan policies should also lead to a reduction in the number of speculative applications and in the success rate of appeals against local authorities . |
| 26 | Has that led to a reduction in the workforce do you think , do you now have machines that can do jobs that too much ? |
| 27 | This is especially so for rule-based syntactic processing where the use of semantic analysis to remove improbable partial parses could lead to a reduction in the processing requirement . |
| 28 | Does he agree that it is desirable that today 's events in Maastricht might lead to future improved co-operation on such matters by the European Community which may , in the end , lead to a reduction in the genocide in that country ? |
| 29 | Attempts at removing the stones and improving biliary drainage , however , led to a reduction in the number of episodes of cholangitis in only four of 16 patients . |
| 30 | In these circumstances the increase in output made possible by the CU would lead to a reduction in the unit cost of production . |