11.   These factors are believed to reduce property values.

12.   Patients in all three groups had reduced median values of haemoglobin on the day of admission, but there were no differences between the groups.

13.   If sellers were given too generous a price, it would reduce the value of the trust for those still holding units.

14.   Second, that in general this means reducing the value of allowances and broadening the tax base rather than increasing marginal tax rates.

15.   Analysts said they see few surprises from copper producers unless companies decide to reduce the value of assets under new accounting rules.

16.   And four years ago, Bush signed a private-property-rights bill to make it harder for state agencies to impose regulations that reduce property values.

17.   Any move that lowered the stock price would reduce the value available to the foundation when it eventually sells its holdings and buys income-producing securities.

18.   Architects who are not involved with the project agree that structural flaws do not reduce the value of Fallingwater.

19.   As the dollar rose, it reduced the value of the overseas equities held by dollar-based investors by an equivalent amount, if they were totally unhedged.

20.   Banks also plunged on concern that the rise in rates would reduce the value of Argentine government bonds, in which banks hold the bulk of their investments.