Sentence examples for a reduction of about from inspiring English sources

"A reduction of about 19% [in the under-$6,000 families] in more than thirty years, or at a rate of about 0.7% per year, is no ground for complacency," the authors of "Poverty and Deprivation" justly observe.

The effectiveness of S in reducing the total number of cases was small, a reduction of about 4.2%.

Management had originally sought a reduction of about 200 posts, reducing editorial numbers to about 450.

The layoffs follow a reduction of about 1,600 workers last year through voluntary resignations.

Among those four lenders, that amounts to a reduction of about $15 billion in three months.

The authority's 2010 budget includes a reduction of about 4percentt in the system's cleaning staff.

Fights are down from 0.92 a game last season to 0.71 through Saturday, a reduction of about 20 percent.

By 1880 only about 15,000 California Indians remained, a reduction of about nine-tenths of their pre-Columbian population.

Starting in mid-September, sellers will pay only 35 cents to list an item for 30 days, a reduction of about 70percentt in upfront fees.

Those taking the ginger had a reduction of about 45percentt in severity compared with a previous round of chemotherapy in which they did not take the ginger.

For example, his plan contemplates shrinking the county payroll by 1,400 workers -- a reduction of about 15percentt over the next 12 months.