Example sentences of "can be reduced to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The ideas that are antagonistic to the global capitalist project can be reduced to one central counter-hegemonic idea , the rejection of the culture-ideology of consumerism itself .
2 The school 's values can be reduced to one rule , says the head ; do to others as you would have them do to you .
3 Secondly , the three constants of 0.240 x 2.576 x 0.000252 can be reduced to one , to wit 0.0001557 , saving a bit on the mathematics when it comes to selecting your seaside donkey and assuming that the EC has n't banned them yet .
4 Any quadratic form can be reduced to such a canonical form by suitable linear transformations ) .
5 The possibility of errors can never be totally eliminated from any copying process , although their probability can be reduced to low levels .
6 Demonstrating that the 3D turnaround time can be reduced to two months has given the Vietnam team confidence , Nunn says , to use this method again on their second 3D survey in Vietnam over a prospect in Block 5–2 .
7 This can be reduced to negligible proportions by further development of standardized definitions and statements .
8 Your probationary period can be reduced to 6 months if you have demonstrated that you fully meet the requirements in terms of performance , conduct , attendance and timekeeping .
9 And , although I agree with the author that the Shaw-Mohler equation is characterised by ‘ its utter simplicity ’ , it seems a little brutal to derive it in a page of text by introducing 11 variables , when the equation itself can be reduced to three .
10 But on the level of epistemology all music is relatively autonomous ; no sound-structures can be reduced to social , economic or ideological determinants .
11 … flows of capital investment , population , technological information , generated energy , water , and the like , together with such constraints as involve interest policies and the mechanisms of group decision-making , can be reduced to comparable units so as to be structured into energy linkages similar to those of ecosystems is clearly an illusion …
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