Corn is a prime source of feed for dairy cattle and the rising costs could force farmers to reduce their herds, leading in turn to reduced supplies.

玉米是乳用牛饲料的主要来源，价格上涨将迫使农民减少饲养牲口数，进而导致供给减少。

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In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.

在过去的10年中，自动化已经减少了这里一半的劳动力。

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However, instead of heating the entire sample, the researchers used a hot atomic force microscope (AFM) tip to convert very narrow ribbons, measuring just 12 nm across, into reduced graphene.

然而，研究人员并非采用加热整个样本的方案，而是使用了原子力显微镜(afm)一个加热探针去转换出一条仅有12纳米宽的导电带。

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That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly with the bulk of the withdrawal planned for after the election and the formation of a new Iraqi government.

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On Thursday,the number two U.S.commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby, said the improved cooperation between Prime Minister Maliki and President Barzani has led to reduced tension between the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish Peshmerga force.

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That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly by next October,and to zero by the end of 2011, although Secretary Gates said Friday there could be a follow-on agreement for some U.S.troops to stay, particularly elements of the Air Force.

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Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, said ministers had not taken into account reduced force sizes.

BBC: Defence chief Sir David Richards warns over MoD cuts

Some public inquiry desks run by Cumbria Police are to be closed or will offer reduced hours the force has said.

BBC: Police cut inquiry desks in Cumbria

Wyman insists that the impact will be slight, because Motorola will have reduced its work force by more than a third by the second quarter of 2003.

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