71.   Because the vaccine may reduce the amount of HIV in people who have already become infected, it cannot really be tested broadly in the United States.

72.   Behavioral and cognitive methods can also be used as supplements to drugs, reducing the amount of pain medication needed to comfort the child.

73.   Because the system is expected to reduce the amount of credit card fraud, the fees to merchants are likely to be reduced.

74.   Bill Frenzel, a scholar at the Brookings Institution and a former Republican congressman from Minnesota, says budget battles have reduced the amount of pork that is available.

75.   Both lowered estimates of future deficits, thus reducing the amount of spending Congress must cut to reach fiscal balance.

76.   Bowler was alluding to the tendency of more cautious sailors to reduce the amount of sail area when the wind pipes up.

77.   - Reducing the amount of arsenic, a mining by-product, allowed in drinking water.

78.   -- Reducing the amount of time that securities and other assets must be held to qualify for the lower capital gains taxes that Congress approved last year.

79.   A century ago, adding milk to chocolate gave Swiss makers an edge by reducing the amount of cocoa beans needed, thus lowering manufacturing costs.

80.   A balanced budget would reduce the amount of new debt the Treasury sells to raise money every month.

v. + amount >>共 727
reduce 8.68%
increase 5.46%
limit 3.75%
spend 2.58%
disclose 2.37%
specify 2.25%
double 2.12%
raise 1.91%
pay 1.88%
sell 1.50%
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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