Sentence examples for a steep reduction of from inspiring English sources

Mississippi, which once set the low bar for terrible prison practices, saw a steep reduction of prison violence and ample monetary savings when it dramatically cut back on long-term solitary several years ago.

A main impact is recognised by a steep reduction of emissions from deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia (combined with a reduction of peat fire emissions) and Russia.

Many of those lucky enough to keep their positions are subject to numerous unpaid furlough days, a steep reduction of work time and significant pay cuts during the next school year.

Treating the enzyme at 50°C resulted in residual activity of 58%, and further elevating pretreated temperature 60-80°C 60-80°Ced a steep reduction of the enzyieldedivity, suggesting that CtpA isteepesophilic enzyme.

The presence of a steep reduction of cup size with age at about 50 51 years among the tamoxifen users suggests that any ability of tamoxifen to reduce cup size, by whatever means, depends on the absence or near absence of natural female hormones, given that the median age of natural menopause is 51 years [ 25] and given that tamoxifen elevates the estrogen levels of pre-menopausal women [ 46].

Over the past few weeks, officials have used that same logic to justify a steeper reduction of forces in Afghanistan.

Prescription data for England and Wales showed a steep reduction in prescription of co-proxamol in the first two quarters of 2005, with further reductions thereafter (fig 1).

Results A steep reduction in prescribing of co-proxamol occurred in the post-intervention period 2005-7, such that number of prescriptions fell by an average of 859 (95% confidence interval 653 to 1065) thousand per quarter, equating to an overall decrease of about 59%.

In this study, the incidence of fatal and nonfatal CV events, but in particular of stroke, showed a steep reduction as the percentage of on-treatment visits with BP controlled (i.e., BP <140/90 mmHg) increased throughout the treatment period independently of the achieved control of mean clinic BP (118) (Fig. 4).

DVD-Audio's commercial success will depend on a steep reduction in the price of the hardware, a continuing supply of new releases and a general public awareness of the new system's superiority to CD or, still more so, to anything one can copy or download from the Internet.

In the United Kingdom, interventions such as improved hand hygiene, antibiotic stewardship and screening combined with decolonisation are believed to have set off a steep reduction in reported incidence of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection with peak incidence in 2003/04 and 2007/08 respectively [ 2].