Example sentences of "cut [adv] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kingshams Field , the bank was apparently partly levelled or cut away by the mid third century at least , prior to the construction of a stone building with a courtyard to the south . |
| 2 | loving 's got to stop Cut off by the |
| 3 | This figure includes skin divers , bathers and water skiers , people and vehicles cut off by the tide and casualties who had fallen from cliffs or man-made structures . |
| 4 | Undiscouraged by its lack of welcome , the corpse returned upon the next tide to Looe Island , where , cut about by the rocks , the grisly spectacle finally came to rest well to the windward of the select Hannafore part of the town . |
| 5 | Lucy 's use for the place now over , she cut down by the stage and went out through the main part of the club . |
| 6 | Heavy-eyed , yawning and bewildered men appeared in doorways , and were promptly cut down by the attackers . |
| 7 | As the plaster dust settled , dazed guards emerged from the interior of the palace , only to be cut down by the machete-wielding cacos who had brought their knowledge of the palace to the rebels . |
| 8 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 9 | Moscow 's last remaining forest , in the Losinskii Ostrov National Park , is being cut down by the city 's hungry , who are using the land for illegal potato growing . |
| 10 | Half my body has been cut away by the surgeon 's knife . |
| 11 | The disease has now reinvaded the American tropics , whence it had been absent since migration from Asia was cut off by the world upheavals of 1914–18 . |
| 12 | Although John Wright had been due to send Hanns a letter about the technical requirements , it was actually the choreographer who wrote again in late September , suggesting simplification to avoid distracting the eye and adding ‘ You must design several feet around the back cloth , otherwise what you have designed will be cut off by the back legs and flies ’ . |
| 13 | The Viking Hotel in York was cut off by the River Ouse after rising water stopped work on a new pumping station designed to stop flooding . |
| 14 | Scotland , which he also claimed as part of his sphere of primatial authority , was cut off by the barrier of the province of York . |
| 15 | When , at the end of the Second World War , France was liberated , those who had collaborated excessively with the Germans often had their hair cut off by the French Resistance . |
| 16 | Some boys are cut off by the tide ! " |
| 17 | ‘ Get — ’ Ace was cut off by the jolt of the speeder coming to rest . |
| 18 | One version is that the route was cut off by the rising tide ; the Welsh swooped , and drove the English into the sea . |
| 19 | She turned , arms flailing , head back , eyes open — but the gaping mouth would utter no more prophecies , her breath cut off by the red garrotte cord round her scrawny neck . |
| 20 | Wide-eyed , Robbie backed away , but found her retreat cut off by the worktop . |
| 21 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 22 | Irrigation was cut off by the authorities on Aug. 22 in the Andalucian Guadalquivir valley ( south-western Spain ) , and also in Castille-La Mancha at the beginning of October . |
| 23 | Three 12year-olds were rescued by the Tynemouth inshore lifeboat after being cut off by the tide just south of the Marsden Grotto at South Shields . |
| 24 | Despite their efforts several villages , including Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 25 | Despite the county council efforts , several towns and villages , including Tow Law , Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale , were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 26 | ‘ One was a good deal cut up by the war , ’ she answered . |
| 27 | The modest resettlement programme in rural areas which aimed to improve the grossly inequitable distribution of land prevailing during the colonial period was less effective than had been hoped , and was cut back by the stabilization measures taken in 1982–84 . |
| 28 | There was a flurry of constitutional activity between 1906 and 1914 , and the House of Lords had its powers cut back by the Parliament Act , 1911 , so formally putting the " balanced " constitution to rest . |
| 29 | The highway — the area 's only direct access to the regional capital Schwyz — was closed and has now been cut completely by the rock fall . |