31.   Finally, vigorous training and a no-tolerance policy can help reduce the likelihood of predatory sexual behavior.

32.   For instance, a high-fiber diet reduces the likelihood of developing colon cancer.

33.   Further, churches and denominations are redesigning their pastoral practices to reduce the likelihood of such suits.

34.   Georgian said he suspects that supervisors routinely ordered workers to take steps to reduce the likelihood of finding problems in the water.

35.   Gilts pared gains earlier after a Bank of England inflation report was seen as reducing the likelihood that official interest rates have further to fall.

36.   Hospitals must try to identify the causes of each incident, to reduce the likelihood of a repetition.

37.   If consumers use goods as they are intended, manufacturers protect brand loyalty by reducing the likelihood that someone will complain about an overused product whose performance has slipped.

38.   If the results do force rates up, that would damp demand for Canadian exports and reduce the likelihood of rate cuts by the Bank of Canada.

39.   In return, the communities were required to enact strict controls on land use and building codes that would reduce the likelihood of flood damage.

40.   In the process, the level of tension in the city has fallen sharply, civic leaders said, greatly reducing the likelihood of future explosions of violence.