Example sentences of "[vb mod] be reduced to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unreliable , complex intuitions must be reduced to reliable , simple ones . |
| 2 | Suppose that x and y are numbers , such that x is greater than y ; then it would appear that there is no conceivable way in which such a relation could be reduced to qualitative properties of one kind or another , and re-expressed , accordingly , in a form that does not require the existence of both its terms . |
| 3 | The possibility of errors can never be totally eliminated from any copying process , although their probability can be reduced to low levels . |
| 4 | This can be reduced to negligible proportions by further development of standardized definitions and statements . |
| 5 | But on the level of epistemology all music is relatively autonomous ; no sound-structures can be reduced to social , economic or ideological determinants . |
| 6 | … 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 … |