Sentence examples for reduce the ratio from inspiring English sources

If one creditor country cancels its loans, all it does is reduce the amount other creditors pay to reduce the ratio of debt to GDP under existing agreements.

The first is motive: the world is deleveraging, ie, trying to reduce the ratio of its debts to income.

In the long run we need a clear plan to reduce the ratio of publicly held debt to national income.

In theory, California could build new prisons or send inmates out of state to reduce the ratio to 137.5%.

Clegg said on Thursday he was concerned that plans to reduce the ratio of childcare staff to children would represent too great a challenge for childminders and nursery workers, and the issue was being reviewed in government.

Indeed, the city may reduce the ratio of usable building space to site size, from a floor area ratio of 4 to 2.5, said Lester W. Barber, Cambridge's director of zoning.

Reporting in the July issue of Accident Analysis and Prevention, the scientists calculate that the possession and purchase laws reduced the ratio of drinking to nondrinking drivers involved in fatal crashes by about 11percentt.

Reducing the ratio, as Nigel suggests, to a quarter or a third of the flour weight, would help to lighten things up again, while retaining that lovely sweet, nutty quality.

Leaving the starting line with a direct drive ratio of 3.25:1, the car's overdrive planetary transmission reduces the ratio to 2.25:1 when Mr. Adamowicz pushes a button.

Congress moderated, but unfortunately didn't eliminate, that disparity last year by passing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, reducing the ratio to 18 to 1.

The proposed EEF algorithm has indeed reduced the ratio of missed deadline packets.