Example sentences of "have cut [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE recession has cut dramatically the number of alcohol-related crimes . |
| 2 | The sale of some companies — the Belgian subsidiaries , for instance — has cut down the need for audit , as have some reorganisations . |
| 3 | Frederica Freer has cut out the messy business by photographing the endpapers of 18th- and 19th-century books from the collection in her Gloucestershire house and turning the prints into postcards . |
| 4 | For the last year , charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation . |
| 5 | Instead of acting instantly in the ‘ greater interested of the game ’ and convincing Dubroca to do the honourable thing — which would have cut short the entire argument — they tried to sweep the story under the carpet . |
| 6 | ‘ It is much to be regretted , that the owner of the Purse Crag should have cut down the beautiful trees , which served so wonderfully to enrich the prospects on this side of the water . |
| 7 | The speed of descent must have cut down the exposure to any residual gas since he felt none of the earlier weirdness as he approached the still sealed engine room door . |
| 8 | Was not the reason why the House thought it not plain that their lordships believed that Parliament did not have this situation in mind and would have cut down the wording if it had ? |
| 9 | Cawthorne seems to have cut out the middleman . |
| 10 | An absolutely new colour , amazing chestnut , rufous , burning , bleeding , where they had cut away the cork . |
| 11 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 12 | Fluttering rags revealed where Ace 's and Johannsen 's blaster fire had cut down the black-robed enemy personnel . |
| 13 | Titch had cut back the motor and was scanning the shoreline . |
| 14 | Many brought with them East German flags from which they had cut out the hammer and compass , the Communist symbol . |
| 15 | He had cut out the bits of his clothes that were stained and burnt them too , but there were still bloodstains all over the floor . |
| 16 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 17 | Secondly , we 've cut away the port wing of the bomber . ’ |
| 18 | I 've cut out the crisps , and that 's not been easy . |
| 19 | erm that 's done erm , yes I 've cut out the |
| 20 | I 've cut out the dress , so that 's I 've got to d start doing thingys on that now you know , picking up all the points |
| 21 | The climb was very tough , taking eight hours in all , and in places the guides had to cut away the plants to clear a route . |
| 22 | Top surgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford had to cut away the chamber and attach the veins to the heart . |
| 23 | No , somehow I had to cut out the middle-men and middle-women . |
| 24 | Our reforms have cut away the barriers that meant many breadwinners lost money if they went to work . |
| 25 | We have cut out the instructions and kept it for next time . |
| 26 | After you have cut out the damaged length of pipe , you put the nut and olive on one pipe and slide the fitting on to it . |