Example sentences of "[noun sg] cut down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | TRANSPORT links in Livingston are to come under scrutiny in a bid to cut down the number of cars on the roads . |
| 2 | You could even get an off-line-reader to cut down the phone bills to hardly anything . |
| 3 | In Earls Court in 1966 , before the days of good acoustic panels , we draped silk parachutes from the roof in an attempt to cut down the echo ; nowadays technology helps ! |
| 4 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 5 | This is because the carbon monoxide content of cigarette smoke cuts down the amount of oxygen in the blood and accordingly the heart has to work harder yet it is getting less oxygen . |
| 6 | In any case , the darkness and the Balaclava cut down the risk of recognition . |
| 7 | I usually park in Newgate Street , but when feeling unwell have occasionally parked on this road to cut down the walking . |
| 8 | It 's the only way to cut down the traffic . |
| 9 | The ability to cut down the distance signals travel by reducing the size of the computer is limited by the amount of heat the components generate ; a computer that is too small will get too hot . |
| 10 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 11 | Whether a guillotine has been imposed or not , the Speaker has the power to select and group amendments in order to cut down the number and to confine debate to the salient points , but even with this power of Speaker 's selection , a guillotine may mean that blocks of amendments are never reached . |
| 12 | Instead of hunting all over the sky , the pilots concentrated on one scatter of targets and spiralled down through them , turning tightly in order to cut down the risk of collision . |
| 13 | It 's the only good thing to come from this threat to cut down the forest . |