But he said a sizable reduction would be necessary to eliminate overcapacity.

However, the main reason, they said, were sizable reductions in corporate taxes under the new Federal income tax law.

Due to a decline in the area's industrial base, Ashland has seen a sizable reduction in its population since 1990.

Research in the last decade has found that lowering blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes leads to sizable reductions in death rates.

But any sizable reduction will require sustained economic growth of 3 to 4 percent, they say.

But some criminologists point to foreign cities like London, with a rate of 2.4, or Amsterdam, at 4.0, as evidence that sizable reductions are possible.

The Jeffords proposal would make the same sizable reductions by 2008.

Together, continuous casting and greater labor flexibility have produced sizable reductions in costs.

Second, a discount bond demanding a sizable reduction in investors' principal but carrying a higher interest rate and a shorter maturity.

No other drug has led to such a sizable reduction in death rates from heart failure, Dr. Packer said.