1.   High interest rates brought about a sharp reduction in sales.

2.   There has been a sharp reduction in the bat population in this region.

3.   The outbreak of war in January had led to a sharp reduction in oil supplies from Iraq.

4.   However, other observers attributed the sharp reduction in rainfall to the accelerated destruction of tropical forests.

5.   The reason for the sharp reduction is more security doors, screens, lighting, and alarms.

6.   Among them are sharp reductions in highly visible municipal services.

7.   At the University of Texas law school, there was a sharp reduction.

8.   -- A sharp reduction in logging of old-growth forests, and an increase in commercial reforestation.