  Let $k$ be an infinite field and $I\subset k [x_1, \ldots ,x_n]$ be an ideal
such that dim $V(I)=q$. Denote by $(f_1, \ldots, f_s)$ a set of generators of
$I$. One can see that in the set $I\cap k [x_{1},...,x_{q+1}]$ there exist
non-zero polynomials, depending only on these $q+1$ variables. We aim to bound
the minimal degree of the polynomials of this type, and of a B\'ezout (i.e.
membership) relation expressing such a polynomial as a combination of the
$f_i$.
