Example sentences of "would be reduced [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number would be reduced to thirty . |
| 2 | King said that the existing army strength of 155,000 personnel would be reduced to 116,000 by 1992 , and the combined armed forces would shrink by 62,000 from its present level of 308,000 . |
| 3 | The sentence would be reduced to two years , with the balance of the sentence remaining to be served suspended ( the appellant having served six months ) . |
| 4 | In order to harmonize value added tax rates within the EC , VAT on items such as flowers , building land and artworks was increased ( a move expected to raise an extra F2,000 million in revenue in the second half of 1991 ) ; VAT on cars would be reduced to 18.6 per cent from Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 5 | If the interests of the members of society could be treated as those of a ‘ representative ’ individual , then the role of the state would be reduced to that of efficiently carrying out agreed decisions . |
| 6 | It was agreed that ( i ) a system of proportional representation in the Assembly of the Republic ( legislature ) would be adopted ; ( ii ) legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously within one year of the signing of a ceasefire accord , although this deadline could be extended ; ( iii ) presidential candidates would be at least 35 years old and their candidacies supported by a minimum of 10,000 signatures ; ( iv ) the minimum voting age and that for the representatives in the Assembly would be 25 years , although there was an expectation that these would be reduced to 18 years after the first set of elections ; ( v ) a National Electoral Commission , one-third of whose members would be appointed by the MNR , would organize the electoral process , determining for example the number of seats per region ; and ( vi ) the government would assist the MNR to secure appropriate facilities to carry out its political work in at least every provincial capital . |
| 7 | The punishment for this crime was to be docked his best wave , so his tally would be reduced to three against the other surfers ' four . |
| 8 | In a belated attempt at conciliation , the Japanese Government announced in mid September that the drift-net fleet in the Tasman Sea for the 1989–90 season would be reduced to 20 vessels , in the hope that the South Pacific nations could be diverted from their diplomatic assault . |
| 9 | Thus , entries such as 870 , 1076 , 1521 , 2774 , 2163 having four effective digits would become 900 , 1100 , 1500 , 2800 , 2200 but 1638 , 1797 , 1025 , 1672 having only three effective digits would be reduced to 1640 , 1800 , 1030 , 1670 |
| 10 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 11 | One would never have expected that the author of Tintern Abbey would be reduced to this sort of stage-management ! |
| 12 | Ferenc Karpathi , then Defence Minister , announced on March 29 that national service would be reduced to 12 months from August and that soldiers would no longer have to carry out other types of service such as agricultural work . |
| 13 | But this year they announced the recession had hit investments mainly in property and so grants would be reduced for several years . |
| 14 | If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged . |
| 15 | But if you were to make a legacy of £10,000 to the Royal Air Forces Association or any other registered charity , the notional value of your estate would be reduced by that amount — so in this case there would be no tax to pay . |
| 16 | Unemployment in the sector would be reduced by two hundred thousand , and existing manufacturing capacity , previously made idle by imports , would once more be fully utilised , thus improving operating profit and return on investment . |
| 17 | This would then be treated as income by D S S and so this amount would be reduced by sixteen pounds fifty . |
| 18 | Under the plan , state investment in the manufacturing sector , which in 1991-92 amounted to almost US$345,000,000 , would be reduced by 80 per cent . |
| 19 | It was expected that , as a first step , tariffs on industrial goods would be reduced by one-third to 30 per cent . |
| 20 | Urban transport would be reduced by 40 per cent and taxi services would be limited to taking people to hospital or to funerals . |
| 21 | According to a three-year public investment plan agreed with the IMF in early April , overall state investment would be reduced by 30 per cent by 1993 with the heaviest cuts expected in agriculture , mining and manufacturing industry . |
| 22 | On June 15 Chamorro announced that the Army would be reduced by 50 per cent to fewer than 41,000 soldiers by her 100th day in office and that military conscription would formally end on Dec. 7 ; further reductions would depend on the overall military balance in the region . |
| 23 | You would have to fly around the world four hundred million times to add one second to your life ; but your life would be reduced by more than that by all those airline meals . |
| 24 | None of France 's nuclear deterrent programmes was to be affected except that nuclear tests on the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific would be reduced from eight per year to six . |
| 25 | If the by-election results were repeated throughout the district , the number of Labour councillors on Wear Valley Council would be reduced from eight to four with the Liberals increasing from 28 to 32 scarcely a reason for rejoicing in the Labour ranks . |
| 26 | In September 1991 President Mitterrand had announced that production would be reduced from 120 to 30 missiles . |
| 27 | Now then , I 've made , oh er before I go into the capital gains , er capital allowances you can claim a proportion of the capital allowances on a reducing balance , so er if a car for example costs you five thousand pounds , you 'd actually be allowed twenty five percent in the first year , the twenty five percent would be reduced from five thousand , and in the next year you 'd get twenty five percent off your balance until the five thousand pounds had been allowed against your profits . |
| 28 | In both periods there was to be a 5 per cent increase in the Christmas bonus ; the working week would be reduced from 37 to 36 hours . |
| 29 | According to the draft budget for 1990 which was presented to Congress on Nov. 15 , 1989 , real expenditure was projected to increase by 4.7 per cent ( to be financed by a 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues ) and external debt interest payments would be reduced from 3.8 to 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 30 | The first cuts would be made in July 1993 and would affect 16,000 national servicemen , 8,000 professionals and 4,750 civilians ; the number of air force combat aircraft would be reduced from 450 to 400 and several bases would be closed , while naval forces would be regrouped in the key ports of Toulon on the Mediterranean and Brest on the Atlantic . |