Scale down
scale down (verb) - making smaller in size
scale down the business to keep costs under control
scale down or close the business
scaling down spending
scaling down of the coal industry
scale down manufacturing capacity
scaled down payments
scale down the size of orders
scale down a programme
scale down the project
massive scaling down of public services
scaled down as a cost saving measure
the project will still go ahead, but it will be slightly scaled down
loan repayment amounts scaled down
scale down a campaign
scaled down their actions
scaled down their original expansion plans
the visit is expected to be scaled down because of X
scaling down its involvement in Y
scale down the use of Z
scale down the search for Y
scaling down the size of X
scaling down of operations
scaling down of operations with some job losses
scale down food stockpiles for use in the event of war
scale down the organisation
forced to scale down the organisation
scaled down to 5% from the previously expected growth rate of 7%
Example sentences:
* "Massive scaling down of public services, particularly in irrigation and agricultural extension services, has dealt a blow to the sector."
* "The size of certain orders had been scaled down."
* "The company said it needed to scale down the business to keep costs under control."
* "We then had to scale down our operations, and as a result the problems have come back to haunt us, so we have got to step up our operations again."
* "The operations of the firm in Singapore were scaled down as a cost saving measure."
* "No, we don't want to scale down."
* "Manufacturing capacity has been scaled down to bring it into line with projected demand."
* "Several other countries have either scaled down their original expansion plans for nuclear power, delayed the continuation of their nuclear power expansion or begun to look seriously at the phasing out of existing nuclear power stations".
* "Responses which may be open to the company range from plant closures and mass redundancies, through scaling down operations with some job losses, to investment in alternative productive capacity with partial or full retention of the workforce."
* "Everything seems to be on a big scale, there's no question of scaling down this down a little bit, I guess?"
* "What about scaling down the engine size?"
* "We had to scale down our operations."
* "The main problem was that all the furniture had to be scaled down to suit the smaller stature of the Japanese and to fit their smaller homes."
* "The project will still go ahead, but it will be slightly scaled down."
* "Current expenditure was to be curtailed involving, among other things, a scaling down of the civil service."
* "Thomson said last month it was scaling down its involvement in free newspapers in the UK."
* "One of the main factors underpinning the share price was an anticipated shortage of water shares, because of the decision to scale down overseas allocations to increase the public offer from 23.5 to nearly 30 per cent of the offer."
* "The government is to scale down food stockpiles for use in the event of war, agriculture minister John Gummer has announced."
* "Too many coaches simply scale down training programmes for this age group."
* "After that implementation was complete the firm was forced to scale down what had grown into a moderately large development organisation, and retreated from view somewhat, concentrating on customising software, testing and consultancy."
* "Prices and incomes policies have been justified historically on the grounds that, if successful, they serve directly to scale down the rates of increase of money wages and absolute prices while minimizing the rise in unemployment which a policy of demand restriction would entail."
* "Following a decision earlier in the year to scale down its workstation business, (UX No 368) Solbourne Computer Inc, Longmont, Colorado, has pulled the plug on its direct sales operations in Europe, claiming lack of business."
* "They were desperate for solid information rather than rumour, and a few made veiled threats to scale down their coverage of another case for which the Yard was desperate for publicity unless there was a press conference."
* "The United States government announced on July 30 that it was to scale down or close 79 of its defence bases in Europe, following its January 1991 decision to halve its military presence in Europe."
* "Although the repayment amounts, per month and total, were scaled down for people considering smaller loans, the numbers of months and APRs were identical."
* "In recent months the fanatics had scaled down their 20-year campaign against English-owned property, but last week launched attacks on five homes."
* "After they had virtually controlled the city for nearly a week, the Shanghai students scaled down their actions."
* "It has also scaled down payouts for redundancies, so as not to exceed the restructuring charge it was hit with two months ago."
* "The visit by Mother Teresa to Ireland is going ahead but is expected to be scaled down because of her recent fall in which she broke three ribs."
* "Investment in industry was also scaled down to 10.2 per cent from a previously projected growth range of 12.8-18.4 per cent."
* "Police have scaled down the search for a multiple rapist saying they've no new leads to follow."
