11.   Women choosing surgery had significantly reduced levels of anxiety while those who Declined had no such reduction.

12.   Increases in information and knowledge-based businesses are reducing levels of middle management.

13.   Al Fajr said that this step did not mean severing diplomatic relations... but reducing the level of diplomatic relations.

14.   This additional information can be used to reduce the level of uncertainty in the project, producing the posterior probability of the same outcome.

15.   This contract did not reduce the level of tension experienced by the three London first appointment teachers on the course.

16.   He commenced by stemming the revenue loss resulting from smuggling by reducing duty levels to lower its profitability, as well as by strengthening the preventative service.

17.   In a retail organisation one of the goals, to increase sales targets, may conflict with others, such as reduce staff levels or increase profit margins.

18.   Competition is essential to this proposal, since the effect of incentives on a monopoly would be to reduce the level of supply rather then costs.

19.   Antipsychotic drugs in small doses are occasionally useful to reduce high levels of anxiety early in treatment, especially when these are associated with a mild delirium.