The phrase "a smaller reduction in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the extent of reductions in different contexts, such as finance, statistics, or environmental studies.
Example: "The new policy resulted in a smaller reduction in emissions compared to last year's measures."
Alternatives: "a lesser decrease in" or "a minor cut in".
There was also a small decrease of £700,000 in borrowing and a smaller reduction in operating costs.
Did you ever consider doing something less drastic, like a smaller reduction in her calories, and just letting her grow into her weight?
Business picked up by about 25 percent in September and October, Mr. McCoy said, leading him and Mr. Contant to believe they could continue with a smaller reduction in rent.
Subjects with a smaller reduction in apnea index tended to have shorter anterior cranial bases, steeper mandibular planes, and smaller upper to lower facial height ratios.
In experimental conditions of tissue hypoxia, a smaller reduction in VCO2 than VO2 has been observed, suggesting a non-aerobic production of CO2 [21–23].
Labour's plans, the organisation says, imply a "smaller reduction" in borrowing of 3.6% of national income between 2014-15 and 2018-19, meaning they will still be borrowing 1.4% of national income by 2018-19.
If N-related processes are involved in the occurrence of E-[CO2] induced chalkiness, one can hypothesize that cultivars with a smaller loss in grain protein content under E-[CO2] may show a smaller reduction in grain quality.
However, a follow up of this trial, the GISSI-Heart Failure study [65], investigated the effect of 1 g/day omega-3 PUFA in patients with heart failure, reported a smaller reduction in mortality compared with the GISSI-P outcome.
Comparing the standard deviation of the original data to the smoothed data, lines with features must have a smaller reduction in their standard deviation than those containing only fluctuations caused by the beam noise.
When considering follow-up out to 19 years (additional information provided in two trials), a smaller reduction in risk was observed (RR 0.82, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.91, p = 0.0004).
Using the collapse of the junk bond market in the early 1990s as an exogenous shock to external capital, I document, in both difference-in-differences and triple difference designs, that speculative-grade firms that recognize economic losses in a timely manner experience a smaller reduction in investment following the collapse.
