Sentence examples for favour reducing from inspiring English sources

Almost 90% of voters favour reducing prison time and creating a stronger probation and parole system.

The American transition would, at first glance, seem to have done the source material a favour, reducing it from the 60-minute duration of the abysmal Channel 4 original, to a standard half hour.

It identified a series of government failures, from inaction on long-standing provisions of the Equality Act designed to help disabled people, to repealing others that favour reducing business regulations over their rights, to the impact of spending cuts, as having a "hugely adverse impact" on those with disabilities.

We do not favour reducing the size further as this could lead to loss of specificity.

Increased nest predation risk has been postulated to favour reduced parental activity, and we tested whether island bellbirds responded to variation in predation risk.

Gene polymorphisms in the renal cytochrome P450 enzyme system, which favour reduced metabolism and renal excretion, enhance nephrotoxic risk.

Because deleterious mutations will be exposed to selection on the Z-chromosome when being hemizygous in females, selection, in particular selective sweeps, may therefore favour reduced variation on the Z-chromosome leading to a balanced polymorphism [ 30].

The Chilean oligarchy had little sympathy with O'Higgins, who favoured reducing their privileges.

Bill Shorten saw opportunity on Monday in reminding voters that it has long favoured reducing the thresholds for the disclosure of donations.

Rafsanjani favoured reducing Iran's international isolation and renewing its ties with Europe as part of a strategy to use foreign investment and free enterprise to revive the country's war-torn economy.

Reducing costs involves using cheaper materials, and hence those based on less energy intensive materials would be favoured; reducing weight means using lighter but also less material per unit energy stored, which again could reduce the overall environmental impact of battery manufacturing.