1.   Dress the wound quickly, to reduce the length of time it is exposed to infection.

2.   This might reduce the length of exposure to the atherogenic factors of hyperglycaemia and disordered lipid metabolism.

3.   But research continues to show that taking vitamin C at least reduces the length of time people suffer from colds.

4.   For the last several years, many hospitals in New York have made themselves more efficient by reducing the length of patient stays.

5.   However, with growing criticism about the length of football and baseball games, perhaps it will inspire ways to reduce the length of television timeouts.

6.   In trials, the drug reduced the length of a cold by one day, although symptoms like nasal congestion and sneezing began improving sooner.

7.   Most states that have done away with parole have also reduced the length of prison terms.

8.   Not much, DeLuca said, except tinkering with increasing the number of TV timeouts but reducing the length of each commercial breaks.

9.   Operators like the tool, because its size reduces the length of the hole they have to drill.

10.   Shorter maturities fared better, with some investors selling longer maturities to buy shorter maturities and reduce their length of exposure in an unsettled market.