modest reduction

collocation in English

meaningsofmodestandreduction

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modest
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us
/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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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 ofmodestandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was a 27% decline in violent crime rates between 1993 and 1998, although this was accompanied by only amodestreductionin fear.
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Consequently, an important difference with the moremodestreductionin emissions is in the distributive impact.
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Amodestreductionin weight and/or increase in physical activity provide significant survival benefits in the general population.
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On the 'aged ' test set, the active parser even achieves amodestreductionin memory consumption.
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In other words, this complex floor results in only amodestreductionin working stresses with a considerable increase in the total quantity of timber used.
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Amodestreductionin land revenue rates might be crucial in securing the position of the marginal owner-cultivator but make little difference to those who owned hundreds of acres.
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Calculations reveal that this complex floor results in only amodestreductionin working stresses with a considerable increase in the total quantity of timber used.
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It is a modest step we are taking and amodestreductionwe are making, but it is in the right direction.
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Welcome, too, is themodestreductionin interest rates, which will certainly benefit industrial cash flow.
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Apparently there is to be amodestreductionin the drama schedules.
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All those he could have done for a moremodestreductionin the standard rata of tax.
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The rest is to be secured by economies and amodestreductionin the surplus.
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In many areas the proposals would allow a real terms standstill or even amodestreductionin rents.
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Even if it succeeds, it will cut total expenditure in this sector by only one eighth, which is a fairlymodestreductionover two years.
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There is no ground for complacency in the fact that there has been some verymodestreductionin that figure over recent months.
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However, it is true that we applied amodestreductionto take account of the significant delay in recruitment for posts granted in previous years.
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Within this framework, we have been able to make amodestreductionin the burden of taxation.
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However, despite a reduction in the number of people employed by quangos, there was a verymodestreductionin the number of quangos.
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They have given themselves five years to make amodestreductionin the problem.
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Amodestreductionin numbers is likely in 1977–78 and 1978–79.
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