51.   They devised a plan to reduce costs.

52.   Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.

53.   The new machine reduced labour costs to almost nil.

54.   I really believe that it is possible to both improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs.

55.   There is no evidence whatever that competition in broadcasting has ever reduced costs.

56.   Other industries have had to sack managers to reduce administrative costs.

57.   Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs.

58.   But the national effort to reduce health care costs has resulted in dramatic changes in the way hospitals think.

59.   In order to reduce costs the mirrors had never been tested together on the ground.

60.   These costs are reduced when new external funds are raised, because the firm is placed under greater financial scrutiny at this time.

v. + cost >>共 418
cut 16.02%
reduce 10.52%
cover 5.79%
raise 4.94%
lower 4.28%
increase 3.38%
pay 3.02%
control 1.97%
share 1.53%
keep_down 1.43%
reduce + n. >>共 743
number 6.05%
cost 5.89%
risk 4.45%
amount 2.18%
heat 1.64%
demand 1.64%
debt 1.62%
size 1.50%
emission 1.48%
rate 1.32%
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