Sentence examples for slashed to less from inspiring English sources

Then, an unofficial count by The Associated Press suggested his lead was slashed to less than half that.

Or the fear of having their company go on public assistance, in which case, thanks to Obama, their welfare payment will be slashed to less than $10,000 a week?

In May's inflation report, it forecast that the economy would grow by 2.3% this year, but economists believe this could now be slashed to less than 1%, which would be the largest downgrade in the Bank's forecasts between inflation reports since it became independent in 1997.

GM says its price tag would be a fifth of that on a conventional car, with running costs slashed to less than a third.

At one time, several million elephants roamed the African continent, they noted, but their numbers have been slashed to less than 500,000.

Price slashed to $10 million.

It's now been slashed to 2%.

The Independent, Independent on Sunday and 20p stablemate i slashed losses to less than £12m last year – and are on track to fall below £5m this year.

His 2009 amnesty programme ostensibly pacified rebels whose siphoning of oil pipelines – alongside kidnappings and bombings – sometimes slashed output to less than a quarter of the 2m barrels per day pumped in Africa's largest oil producer.

Since he was elected in October 1995, Mr. Mkapa, 84, has speeded up economic reforms, slashing inflation to less than 6percentt.

As a libertarian, I think the federal government does far too much, and if I had the power, I would slash spending to less than half what it is.