Example sentences of "reducing [art] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the residential areas the habitat function must be improved without reducing the accessibility of destinations . |
| 2 | By reducing the output of chemicals society would save more in social cost than it would lose in social benefit . |
| 3 | Reducing the output of chemicals and the corresponding amount of pollution would allow society to make some people better off without making anyone worse off . |
| 4 | Reducing the exposure of disinfectants to inactivators . |
| 5 | Air inside the pipe heats up creating an updraught through the pipe and a corresponding downdraught from the shelter into the pit , reducing the problem with smells . |
| 6 | Additional benefits of tree-lined streams , in reducing the effects of nitrates and phosphates in the water and in shading out the choking growth of summer weed in a river bed , which may otherwise necessitate further expensive dredging , have been recognized by Dutch and German scientists for over a decade . |
| 7 | There will also be targets aimed at reducing the incidence of strokes , heart disease and preventable cancers . |
| 8 | The Regional Council approved a new item in the Capital Budget for 1992/93 and successive years specifically to promote a programme of works targeted at reducing the incidence of injuries to children whilst on journeys to and from school . |
| 9 | Bush 's proposals also aimed at reducing the total of CIS warheads to below START levels by seeking the total elimination of the SS-17 , SS-18 , 9 and SS-24 missiles . |
| 10 | Again , the print and production workers who used union power to force overmanning and inflated salaries upon Fleet Street managers in the 1960s and 1970s , put priority on conditions of work and were not dissuaded by arguments that such tactics risked reducing the range of titles and thus of voices heard in the national press . |
| 11 | Reducing the fraction of benefits unc which the manager receives will reduce the amount of effort put in , ceteris paribus . |
| 12 | ‘ All signs are that it is making a real impact in reducing the spread of Aids , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 13 | When ownership is divorced from control , reducing the ability of managers to manipulate their reports to the owners is seen to be an important part of accounting policy-making . |
| 14 | In summary , our understanding of basic cognitive processes suggests that top managers can have a powerful effect on organization behaviour and direction by reducing the variety in subordinates ' schemas ( core values ) . |
| 15 | Storage of various liquid effluents on site at Sellafield since the early 1980s , pending the completion of new waste treatment plants designed to remove the most significant radioactivity , has been a contributory factor in reducing the level of discharges . |
| 16 | The House will recall that in the latter part of last year both my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined measures to be taken by both the Government and mortgage lenders with the excellent aim of reducing the level of repossessions that were occurring at that time . |
| 17 | Also on Jan. 1 Havel declared an amnesty which involved pardoning certain categories of short-term prisoners and reducing the sentences of others . |
| 18 | Reciprocating coalitions are an important feature of these multi-male groups and particular friends at the top of the hierarchy can effectively ‘ police ’ the unit , reducing the frequency of quarrels and maintaining a low level of disturbance of pregnant and lactating females . |
| 19 | The tribunal would itself take the lead in questioning , reducing the reliance of parties on representatives with the forensic skills of questioning and cross-questioning . |
| 20 | It is the triangle A ' ; E ' ; E. By reducing the quantity of hours from L to L ' ; , the tax causes society to stop using hours on which the marginal social benefit , the height of the demand curve DD , exceeds the marginal social cost , the height of the supply curve SS . |
| 21 | Studies of the production efficiency of bureaus suggested to Niskanen that , for a given output , costs can be reduced by contracting with private firms , reducing the size of bureaus and increasing the competition among bureaus ( Niskanen 1975 ) . |
| 22 | Some health boards have experienced trouble finding suitable numbers of business people to take up the available seats , even after reducing the size of boards from 18 to 12 . |
| 23 | The worst problem is that the combination of silt , moss and leaves , along with a few chippings washed off of flat roof , can cause soakaways to get blocked , thereby reducing the flow at times when it 's needed most . |
| 24 | It is argued that this is a significant factor in reducing the likelihood of girls joining delinquent groups . |
| 25 | The region claims the situation should improve this year with new storm water tanks in Dunfermline reducing the likelihood of overflows . |
| 26 | The Act made several other changes in the hope of reducing the friction between counties and districts , but the difficulties remain — especially between the counties and the districts based on former county boroughs ( Alexander 1982a:55 — 7 ; 1982b:67 — 8 ) . |
| 27 | Like so many environmental issues , reducing the usage of CFCs to protect the Ozone Layer must involve every country in the world . |
| 28 | The software , developed over the last two years at DEC West in Washington , should free systems managers to be proactive in identifying and preventing potential systems problems while reducing the cost of systems management . |
| 29 | According to Campbell ( 1988 ) the British wood-processing industry is now highly efficient by international standards and has increased self-sufficiency to 16 per cent , reducing the cost of imports . |
| 30 | As he points out , the difference between the asset value and the depressed share price of the conglomerates concerned gave bidders an opportunity to make a profit by disposing of ill-fitting activities or otherwise increasing efficiency by reducing the scale of operations ( though in fact the record of take-overs in increasing efficiency is mixed and not all take-overs are explicable as moves to reduce inefficiency in the target ) . |