planned reduction

collocation in English

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plan
noun
uk
/plæn/us
/plæn/
a set of decisions about how to do something in ...
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reduction
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us
/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofplanandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Parity would be achieved through aplannedreductionin output to a level consistent with domestic demand plus a small surplus for export.
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I gather from the food industry that there is a serious degree ofplannedreductionof numbers of people employed.
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Theplannedreductionin the monthly increments would therefore clearly be breaking our promise to the farmers.
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There is noplannedreductionin total public expenditure.
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Those involved then started to contemplate theplannedreductionand eventual closure of old hospitals and the development of care in the community.
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The number of stations to be closed will be greater, relatively speaking, than theplannedreductionin route mileage.
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It has been necessary to defer theplannedreductionto 84 at that date because of additional work burdens.
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As regards opencast, broadly speaking, we have every reason to suppose that theplannedreductionwill take place this year.
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Theplannedreduction, projected to 1983, is £9,918 million.
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The council's expected loss of income is due in part to aplannedreductionin the council's share of the science budget.
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I do not disagree with the causes which give rise to thatplannedreduction.
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Theplannedreductionin police support staff numbers will be achieved by a thorough review of administrative processes with a view to making efficiency savings.
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At that time it was said that the cut of £100 million was not really a cut but aplannedreductionin the rate of growth.
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Thisplannedreductionwas designed to correlate the various stages of evacuation with the tasks incidental thereto.
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The real alternative is between a sensible andplannedreductionof expenditure and a reduction of real receipts and all nominal money values through inflation.
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In addition, there is aplannedreductionin expenditure of nearly £1 billion.
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There has been no overallplannedreductionby local authorities so far.
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The result of protecting the amount per student is aplannedreductionin intakes of 9,500 students.
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His reply was to the effect that this was aplannedreductionin production.
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Over the period 1984 to 1993 there is aplannedreductionfor the regional health authority in the long-term resource allocation.
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