The phrase "a sharp reduction of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a significant decrease in quantity, size, or intensity of something.
Example: "The company reported a sharp reduction of costs in the last quarter, leading to increased profits."
Alternatives: "a significant decrease in" or "a steep decline in".
In agreement with this prediction, we found that application of LatB (15 μM) resulted in a sharp reduction of the τslow component (Fig. 3b, c, red curves).
Pollen analysis showed a sharp reduction of thermophilous tree species resulting from the cold event at around 8200 cal yr BP.
We find that the PDRL resulted in a sharp reduction of seat belt offenses, and in a noticeable decrease of road accidents.
In our system, with the omnivorous need to balance budgets and sustain high union salaries and keep theaters running year-round, a sharp reduction of ticket prices may be difficult to achieve, particularly at our showcase theaters and concert halls.
These changes included a sharp reduction of the allocation to U.S. equities and U.S. nominal bonds and a significant investment in the new U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected SecuriTIPS (TIPS).
These characteristic patterns follow the maximal adhesion peak and are defined by a phase of increasing force or a force-plateau, prior to a sharp reduction of the recorded force.
Anything less risks a sharp reduction in the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans, a major blow to an already fragile economy, and a steep decline in America's reputation in the world, where many people are scratching their heads and wondering how a nation that considers itself a global leader has gotten itself into this predicament.
We show that svr3 single mutants and the TAG-11 double mutants (svr3 var2) have minor chloroplast rRNA processing defects and a moderate reduction of chloroplast protein accumulation at 22°C, with the exception of a sharp reduction in the level of photosystem II D1 protein.
Addition of 4 nM ShhN to NIH-3T3 fibroblasts leads to a sharp reduction in levels of Gli3R (n=3; Fig. 6E; Humke et al., 2010; Niewiadomski et al., 2014).
This drop is almost entirely due to a sharp reduction in sales of interferon α-2b, a non-NLEM medicine, around the time of UCS implementation, which could have been due to a coincidental recall of an interferon α-2b product.
In countries that suffered severe paper shortage there was, of course, a sharp reduction in the number of new books and in the size of editions; consequently, with the increase in demand, the available books were rapidly sold out.
