Example sentences of "[vb mod] cut [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Must cut down on the bloody fags , ’ he told himself . |
| 2 | Consider what you could eat more of , as well as what you should cut down on . |
| 3 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 4 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 5 | However , it is generally agreed that we should cut down on fat and ear more foods containing complex carbohydrates ( starch and fibre-rich foods ) and include lots of fresh vegetables , fruit and a sensible amount of protein . |
| 6 | Storming up and down the place saying just give me one last script , you ca n't cut me dead and ca n't you give me something and I 'll cut down on this last one and all this . |
| 7 | So it was n't the fact that he 'd cut back on government it 's just that the government came , the spending came at a different er point in the , in the political structure . |
| 8 | she said they 'd they 'd cut down on boozing and everything . |
| 9 | I mean they 'd cut down on defence |
| 10 | Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained |
| 11 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it perhaps also lulled government into a belief that it could cut back on core funding . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's nothing I could cut back on , ’ she said . |
| 14 | and would cut down on traffic flows . |
| 15 | Despite many rumblings that the changes would cut down on passing and crowd drivers into the walls , the race was one of the most competitive , as well as one of the safest , in recent years . |
| 16 | This would cut down on the number of naps , foists and pickpockets who plagued these places like the locusts of Egypt . |
| 17 | The rise in the price of oil had little immediate impact , but the collapse of world stock markets , the fall in demand , especially in the USA , for Hong Kong exports and the fear that Japanese banks would cut back on investment all led to growth predictions being revised downwards , in some instance to negative growth . |
| 18 | If the before I come to go past it he would cut back in and and climb across even if if the next car then back in again you 're just going , you start out of line |
| 19 | In addition to maintaining positive plant health , there are several ways to avoid the probability of serious pest attacks , or at least lessen their impact , which in turn will cut down on the need to apply pesticides . |
| 20 | By making money follow the pupil , LMS will encourage good schools and penalise bad ones ; and by delegating budgets to individual heads , it will cut down on time-wasting bureaucracy . |
| 21 | I mean there 's no , there 's no fee or anything like that involved , so the fact that you 're all seen as members will cut down on any recriminations you might have . |
| 22 | There are also new standards for office furniture and guidelines for prolonged screen working which the HSC hopes will cut down on incidents of repetitive strain injury and eyesight problems . |
| 23 | I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost . |
| 24 | It will cut down on dom a number of domestic flights and of short haul flights to and from our European competitors . |
| 25 | Well , I think if you see a good idea , you want to share it , and I think anything that we can do that will cut down on the terrible casualties and the deaths on our roads of , particularly of children , we must do it . |
| 26 | Or give them to a nearby playgroup or primary school , which will welcome any old cards that the children can cut up for collages . |
| 27 | The original version of this machine — which Nelson eventually patented in 1955 — could cut about a dozen bars a minute : the version now in use can cut up to 400 a minute . |
| 28 | At last he can cut down on teaching , write a personal travel book about the lesser Antilles and write novels that need no longer return to his own , blasted childhood . |
| 29 | Benefits such as good facilities can make it worth travelling farther ; it 's amazing how a well-designed yard can cut down on working time . |
| 30 | Again , if you fish with a regular mate you can cut down on what you have to carry . |