Example sentences of "[noun sg] cut [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I soon turned away , regretting only the loss of the shiny new tenpenny piece which I had inserted into the coin box to avoid any irritating boop-boop-boop cutting in to what I had stupidly hoped would be an uplifting and wholly encouraging conversation about my work and prospects . |
| 2 | Rectal dialysis bags were made from inch Visking Tubing ( Medicell ) with a molecular weight cut off of 12000–14000 filled with Rheomacrodex ( Pharmacia ) as previously described . |
| 3 | The election of 1979 seemed to mark something of a return to " normal " in that third parties had their vote cut back to less than 20 per cent and they were only able to secure twenty-seven seats . |
| 4 | He returned in a moment with a piece cut out of a Bath newspaper . |
| 5 | ‘ One was a good deal cut up by the war , ’ she answered . |
| 6 | A tin with one side cut out of it hung from a hook at the back . |
| 7 | Windows can have their heat loss cut down by double glazing and , in the US by storm windows , but it is expensive . |
| 8 | An increasing number of pubs in the Northwich area are barring the younger drinkers on Friday and Saturday nights , in a bid to cut down on trouble . |
| 9 | ‘ We want industry to cut down on its own waste and make better use of other people 's . |
| 10 | Consumer pressure is now being put upon the food industry to cut down on such doctoring of foods and , at the same time , to provide quality durable produce . |
| 11 | Over the past few months , governments have been considering action to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 12 | Stella the personnel administrator will not simply push paper around in Personnel but will take action to cut down on the bureaucracy . |
| 13 | The DSS is taking action to cut down on big mortgages being paid by the taxpayer . |
| 14 | Some information has necessarily been removed from the dictionary to cut down on storage requirements . |
| 15 | I went into the garden where I made an H-shaped cut through to the nest with a spade . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not right for politicians to offer a sanitised campaign cut off from the people they 're asking to elect them , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I feel that the PR team have their work cut out at the best of times without the likes of Mr. Wigmore and his cheap , sensationalist style of so-called journalism . |
| 18 | My God , I 'd have my work cut out with this lot . |
| 19 | They 've got a couple of young kids , four and five , so she 's probably got her work cut out with them . |
| 20 | The choice of literature , as you realize was meant to be contrasting , and I put book down as an example of what I thought was the worst possible , er , use of use of psychoanalysis , kind of gutter journalism , erm and which you did n't look at , and it 's , it 's no criticism of you erm , because er , you had your work cut out with what you did do , but the reason I put down Gandhi 's Truth , if anybody 's ever read that , have they ? |
| 21 | He has his work cut out for him . |
| 22 | Either way , Sheriff Chuck Crotty has his work cut out for him . |
| 23 | T.V. hairdresser Andrew Collinge had his work cut out for him on 23rd January . |
| 24 | She feels SSDs which have not applied before , or do not have a clear commitment to HIV/AIDS , will ‘ have their work cut out for them ’ . |
| 25 | Now , what with drugs and violence , they had their work cut out without worrying unduly about the van-loads of cardboard boxes which regularly changed hands in the market . |
| 26 | No wonder he had his work cut out on the bench . |
| 27 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 28 | Anyhow , all this time Naylor was trying to tell my mother that I was a big lad now , but when I did n't turn up all day Saturday , he and my father had their work cut out in trying to calm her . |
| 29 | Olympic champions Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell will have their work cut out in their first individual races of the summer . |
| 30 | Any defence will have their work cut out against Wright/Campbell the way Arse play . |