dramatic reduction in
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdramatic,reductionandin
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dramatic
adjective
uk/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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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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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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Figure 1 illustrates thedramaticreductionin the times patients were waiting for radiotherapy treatment.
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Adramaticreductionin the rate of sick leave due to back pain followed the publication of this report.
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There is adramaticreductionin animals used for teaching over that period despite continued growth in student numbers over the same period.
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With the introduction of a safe and effective widespread vaccination programme, there has been adramaticreductionin the incidence of measles worldwide.
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A lessdramaticreductionoccurred in the numbers of other tenants.
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The cells are most prevalent in the dorsal retina, and there is adramaticreductionin the ventral retina.
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Thedramaticreductionin births over recent years has affected all age groups, with a disproportionate reduction in births to older women.
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This leaves practically only highly lethal epidemics as the cause of adramaticreductionin the population within a short time span.
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Thedramaticreductionin weeks of employment by seniors is not the result of temporary ' friction ' in the labour market, since unemployment is not high among seniors.
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However, wherever figures are given, the samedramaticreductionin use of the long-tube bottle can be seen to have occurred in all parts of the country.
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Thisdramaticreductionreflects the feedback effect of reduced element number on rate of transposition : stronger selection reduces element number, effectively decreasing the number of elements undergoing transposition each iteration.
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There are a number of factors that have contributed to thisdramaticreductionin childhood mortality, each of which needs to be considered within the time frame.
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In particular, one observes adramaticreductionin numbers of the poor between 1993 and 1995, the percentage of the poor dropping from 41.7 per cent to 33.9 per cent.
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Whilst prenatal diagnosis has undoubtedly contributed to thedramaticreductionin early mortality, the extent of its impact on the long-term burden of end stage renal failure is less certain.
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We have seen adramaticreductionin infant mortality, from 12.8 per 1,000 live births in 1979, to 8.4 in 1989.
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That led to adramaticreductionin the number of surplus school places in the borough.
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Turning now to 1975–76, we expect to see adramaticreductionin the levels of subsidy paid.
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There has been adramaticreductionin new tractor registrations in the first nine months of 1969 compared with the first nine months of 1968.
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It may not be reduced immediately, but it will be reduced, and with it will come adramaticreductionin services.
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