The government hopes that by raising taxes on cigarettes, it will be able to reduce the number of teenagers who start smoking.
Criminologists believe that the reduction in violent crime in this country is due to the fact that our population is aging, and our birth rate is down, so there are fewer
people of the age that most commonly commit crimes.
Japan and China have just signed an accord promising to reduce barriers to trade.
The city is trying to reduce the amount of garbage going to the municipal dump by encouraging recycling.
You can reduce heat loss from your
apartment by making sure all your windows are airtight.
The government has decided to reduce taxes for families with children in order to increase the birth rate.
After injuring his knee in a fall from his bicycle, Nigel put ice on it to reduce the swelling.
There is a Spanish
proverb which states that to be rich, one should not collect money, but reduce one's needs.
Jose Ortega y Gasset once stated that civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.
The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
In Asia, human population growth has reduced the elephant population to approximately 40,000.
Between the mid-1860s and 1883, the buffalo population in North America was reduced from an estimated 13 million to a few hundred.
Researchers have found that allergy sufferers experience a significantly reduced ability to learn.
Aspirin is widely used for relieving pain, and reducing fever in adults.
If governments are serious about stopping terrorism, then our goal must be to reduce the level of poverty in the world.
Studies show that reducing the amount of salt in your diet lowers your blood pressure.
Reducing wind resistance in motor vehicles aids in increasing gas mileage.
The 1979 revolution in Iran greatly reduced the nation's earlier rate of economic growth.
Piranhas can reduce an entire cow to a skeleton in just 30 minutes.
Reducing our consumption of natural resources does not necessarily mean reducing our quality of life.
Discussion question: Do you think that prisons help to reduce crime?