It said the money saved by cutting the size of the House of Lords could be spent on a bigger assembly - something that was needed to hold the Welsh government to account.
At least some American commanders worry that, in four or five years, the U.S. may find itself cutting the size of the Afghan Army and police even as they are fighting the Taliban.
Cutting the size of the nuclear arsenal to a small fraction of its Cold War size and focusing on terrorists rather than state-based threats may seem sensible in the present environment, but the decisions the administration is making will have consequences for decades after it leaves office.
The cut is more than meets the eye though, as the lower top-line forecast is largely the result of success in cutting down the size of GE Capital faster than anticipated.
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Deconstructing a garment, cutting it down to size and reconstructing it again sounded good once.
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That stock rose 17.8% after cutting both the share size and price of its IPO.
The bill provides for a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system from first past the post to the alternative vote (AV), making constituencies more equal in population size and cutting the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
There is only a single track through the black-cotton soil cutting across an area the size of the Netherlands.
Republicans may talk of reducing the size of government, cutting taxes and balancing budgets.
And by "critical, " I doubt very much that Ebert would have meant a position of carping or complaining or even cutting-down-to-size so much as a state of heightened perception, of being open enough to the possibility that whatever you're looking at or listening to may not be what it seems -- or should be.
Al-Mustaqbal should win a good number of seats, cutting the old-timers down to size.
The legislation has stalled in the Senate, where Democrats have criticized its size and its emphasis on cutting taxes for businesses.
Immediately, there was talk of reducing the size of standing sections and cutting down on the mandatory allocation of 10% of a stadium's tickets for away supporters.
In New York, at the 20 media magazines that include Variety, Tad S. Smith, the unit's president, cut head count 16%, saved printing costs by slightly trimming the paper size and tightened circulation by cutting out unnecessary freebies to advertisers and his colleagues at Reed.
No one is happy with the size of the deficits, but cutting back at this point will put more out of work and make any recovery more difficult.
"Although modest in size, this telescope is on the cutting edge of technology, " said Dr Nick Kaiser, head of the Pan-STARRS project.
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Ashtray-size shards of glass flew like shrapnel, cutting his arms and chest.
With gastric bypass, a new stomach about the size of a golf ball is created by cutting across the top of the stomach and connecting the smaller pouch with the intestines.
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In copper, managed-money accounts stayed net-short for a second week in a row, but reduced the size of their position by adding gross longs and cutting shorts.
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Super cities are on the rise in Asia as China announced plans to construct a mega-city the size of Switzerland and SOM unveiled a masterplan for a cutting-edge green tech city for Hanoi.
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It would be focused solely on helping entrepreneurs and businesses of all size to grow and to compete and to hire, while also cutting costs and provide better customer service.
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Like the HTC One S, the Incredible offers a qHD (960 x 540) display, and while the resolution isn't exactly cutting edge, it's a great fit for a screen of this size.
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Besides the exceptional size and quality of the diamonds, the ear-pendants are fashioned in a cushion-shaped cutting style as a perfectly matched pair.
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