Example sentences of "[prep] cut the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most pipe cutters have a tapered reamer on the end ( or in the middle ) which must be used after cutting the pipe to remove the slight burr on the inside . |
| 2 | The defendants made off after cutting the telephone wire , immobilising Mr Bayle 's mobile telephone and slashing the tyres of his van and car . |
| 3 | FRENCH farmers dragged a British lorry driver from his cab and left him stranded after cutting the brake pipes . |
| 4 | After cutting the material is passed through to the machining room where the sails are sewn up and the hanks etc. are put on . |
| 5 | So fears of cutting the ice before diving in , should be cast aside . |
| 6 | After a wonderful effort by parents , teachers , children and parish , they achieved their aim quickly , and Father John Rafferty , the parish priest , had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon to open the classroom before Christmas . |
| 7 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 8 | According to a letter from Alfred Werlé , the son of one of the widow 's associates , it was an employee of Veuve Clicquot , Antoine Müller , who , in 1818 , hit upon the supreme importance of cutting the bottle holes at an angle of 45° . |
| 9 | Medicine Mr Portillo has made clear that he is examining every possible area of Government spending in the task of cutting the bill before the Chancellor 's next budget in November . |
| 10 | That would have the effect of cutting the cost per unit from 3.2p to around 2.5p , which would make nuclear fuel far more competitive with gas and coal . |
| 11 | Nice to see there , there was a certain way of cutting the tree |
| 12 | Instead of cutting the sling , she cut the ureter , and the rest of us were henceforth dismissed as equally brainless . |
| 13 | The best example of the application of this approach is the work on the effects of cutting the corpus callosum in humans ( Gazzaniga 1985 ) . |
| 14 | By improving family planning services , we will reduce unwanted pregnancies and help achieve our target of cutting the number of abortions by at least a quarter . |
| 15 | But if you want the grass swept up as well then I tell you here and now , you 're getting into cost that 's greater than that of cutting the grass . |
| 16 | And she was given the honour of cutting the tape to open the pitch officially , along with ex-Cornard pupil and Sudbury Hockey Club goalkeeper Wayne Athey . |
| 17 | His style lends itself to much deadpan humour : when describing the old custom of cutting the cake by breaking it over the bride 's head , he does it without as much as a wink . |
| 18 | She would not lower its neckline , nor would she have dreamed of cutting the skirt . |
| 19 | So what you 're saying is , I 'm not sure of cutting the process are you ? |
| 20 | Officials , wary of the effects the soggy going could have on horses tackling a long hilly course , have taken the precaution of cutting the fences from 38 to 34 and have also slightly reduced the length of the course . |
| 21 | Creech Jones congratulated the committee on producing a constitution which would have the effect of cutting the CPP down to size . |
| 22 | It is reckoned to be capable of cutting the death rate from fractures in older women by 60 per cent and may also protect against heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 23 | Thus at any particular point in that debate ministers will have to weigh the merits of cutting the hospital building programme or holding down nurses ' salaries against raising the prescription charge , or of reducing the number of home students against charging a higher fee to overseas students . |
| 24 | Now Powell outlined a way of cutting the wages bill by almost £1m , through ‘ natural wastage ’ , pay freezes but also , for the first time in Virgin 's history , through redundancies . |
| 25 | You sees like cutting , you know you see these walls that are like that and they sort of go down like that and join a pillar and do the same again , just , instead of doing that you lay the soldiers across the top and you , you 've got to sort of cut the bricks in between ai n't ya ? |
| 26 | Right , but one of the things we have to remember is , and I know it 's sort of a sha , but you have the experience of last year and , that has to be shared you know to sort of cut the corners yo you 've got ta pass it back a year or up a year , whichever whatever happens and you 've made a very valid comment there and you need to make note of that that , you know somehow you have to work round Rob to get it |
| 27 | Even so they could have done with cutting the lineouts more , even though this strategy runs the risks of cluttering the midfield . |
| 28 | The dispute took place after the English victory at Agincourt and at a time of growing alliance between Henry V and the Emperor Sigismund against the French , and there is little doubt that the principal French spokesman on the subject , Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly , was largely concerned with cutting the enemy down to size . |
| 29 | And they they failed then you see with cutting the crop with a scythe and they hired then a tractor and binder to cut the crop . |
| 30 | She remembered with strange clarity the concentration she had put into cutting the flowers ; how she had hoped her father would think she had chosen the right ones . |