Sentence examples for approve a reduction from inspiring English sources

Such a vote looks set to approve a reduction in the age to 16.

The city's Franchise and Concession Review Committee voted 5 to 1 yesterday to approve a reduction in the value of the city's two-year-old contract with Snapple.

MANHATTAN: TAX CUT APPROVED -- The New York City Council voted 39 to 3 yesterday to approve a reduction in the city's personal income tax that would save taxpayers an average of $52 a year.

Nor are other condo owners likely to approve a reduction for one unit, Mr. Braverman said, because decreasing the common charge for one would generally increase it for others.

The Legislature approved a reduction of $637.1 million, about 20percentt of the university's 2009-2010 financingas financing, as part of the budget agreement reached in August.

Politicians have already approved a reduction in the budget of the Jersey Music Service and the introduction of charges for the music lessons it provides outside school.

According to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), as part of the budget deal, lawmakers approved a reduction in the annual cost of living adjustment for military retirees and survivors.

The board also indicated that it stands ready to approve a further reduction of 25 basis points in the discount rate to 51/2percentnt on the requests of Federal Reserve Banks.

Congress faces self-imposed deadlines of Nov. 23 and Dec. 23 to approve a deficit reduction of $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion over 10 years, or accept across-the-board cuts of $1.2 trillion.

A7 World Bank Self-Criticism An internal inquiry delivered a scathing assessment that the World Bank violated its own rules when it rushed to approve a Chinese poverty-reduction plan that involved relocating 58,000 poor farmers on the edge of Tibet.

In addition to the worsening situation on Wall Street, they were distracted by Mr. Spitzer's resignation last month and a last-minute push from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mr. Bruno to approve a divisive traffic-reduction plan for New York City.