Sentence examples for in principle to reducing from inspiring English sources

Portugal remains committed, in principle, to reducing its budget deficit from 9.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2009 to 7.3 percent this year and 4.6 percent in 2011.

[Page C2.] Representatives from 39 nations agreed in principle to reduce steel production by about 10percentt over the next decade.

Members of the United Nations agreed in principle to reduce American dues for the first time in more than a quarter-century.

At that May summit meeting in Moscow, both nations agreed in principle to reduce their active stocks of nuclear weapons drastically and to work together to prevent the spread of mass-destruction weapons.

At the G8 countries summit in Germany, that week, the world's top leaders signed up in principle, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2050 – however this was a non binding agreement.

But after the Bertelsmann Foundation rejected a deal with America Online in November, Mr. Middelhoff said Mr. Mohn -- who still serves on the foundation's board -- decided in principle to reduce the return he expects.

But both men stopped short of saying such an accord would be signed, suggesting that the two sides had an agreement in principle to reduce their nuclear warhead stockpiles radically but remained split over important details.

Active noise control usually aims at reducing the total acoustic pressure due to a noise source; it may also be used in principle to reduce the scattered acoustic radiation from a reflecting body in order to render it invisible to incident acoustic waves.

At one stage the two men, accompanied only by an interpreter, agreed in principle to reduce each country's nuclear arsenal by 50 percent.

Given the high relative and absolute risks of several SMNs identified in cancer survivors (see above), screening to detect cancers early or to detect pre-malignant lesions ought in principle to have considerable potential to reduce the incidence of and mortality from SMNs.

It also announced in-principle support to reduce a further 23 councils to nine, pending court challenges.