Example sentences of "cut [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut down on all fats , particularly those from animal sources especially lard , suet , double cream and full-fat cheeses . |
| 2 | • Use skimmed or semi-skimmed milk rather than full-fat milk ; • Use cream less often on desserts and not at all in cooking ; • Have only three or four eggs a week ; • Buy more yogurt and less hard cheese ; • Eat less red meat and trim off the visible fat ; • Eat fewer fatty meat products such as sausages , meat pies , and burgers ; • Cut down on fatty snacks such as crisps ; • Use less pastry in cooking and buy fewer foods that incorporate pastry ; • Use less fat in cooking ; • If you are having a take-away meal such as fish and chips , leave some of the smaller , fattier chips usually found at the bottom of the bag . |
| 3 | cut down on fatty foods |
| 4 | Cut down on refined white sugar , and white flour , and eat more wholemeal , granary and brown products . |
| 5 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 6 | This has involved finding him venues for walkabouts and group discussions , where his staff think Mr Middle-England will come over well on television , even as they cut down on those wearisome charades , campaign ‘ photo opportunities ’ . |
| 7 | Cut out on this line through double thickness of fabric . |
| 8 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 9 | Each is tempted to act as a free rider : if other countries cut back on atmospheric pollution , everyone will enjoy the benefit . |
| 10 | Donations to party coffers are drying up as bankruptcies rise and businesses cut back on unnecessary expense , depriving the Tories of their traditional support . |
| 11 | At the same time , we cut back on proposed capital expenditure and made plans to repay borrowings . |
| 12 | It is a spectacularly successful conjuring trick that capitalism in the West has pulled off : with one hand cutting down on paid labour by encouraging people to regard the jobs that used to be done by other workers as new forms of leisure , whilst with the other hand establishing new ( and more profitable ) economic sectors around voluntary pastoral care , such as care for the elderly . |
| 13 | improved value for money should be obtained by cutting down on unnecessary procedures , ( e.g. committals , remand hearings ) , strengthening controls on the progress of legally aided proceeding , changing listing practices , and restricting legal aid to solicitors who have demonstrated competence by membership of an appropriate panel ; |
| 14 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 15 | Cutting down on conditioning time does n't mean cutting down on conditioning , so check out your chemist or salon to see what 's new . |
| 16 | Pub landlords say cutting down on young drinkers stops trouble . |
| 17 | Under the pressure of new business , chancery clerks standardized their output , streamlined by cutting down on lengthy prologues , stated their business as succinctly as possible . |
| 18 | I intend cutting down on both . |
| 19 | He added that the government was also helping local businesses to expand and invest by cutting down on red tape : ‘ If people in business try to expand it is very , very bureaucratic and government approval is needed for most projects . ’ |
| 20 | This means concentrating on fish , poultry and vegetarian dishes and cutting down on red meat ; avoiding creamy , cheesy or buttery sauces and fried foods ; and eliminating salads with fattening ingredients such as bacon , nuts , cheese and egg . |
| 21 | Many of us are already cutting down on red meat , partly for health reasons but also because of , as Audrey Eyton explains ( see p.56 ) , the growing awareness that animals being farmed intensively are neither happy nor tasty . |
| 22 | So there is a doubly good reason for cutting down on these foods . |
| 23 | For non-phobic clients , homework tasks might include being more assertive in a specific situation at work , involvement in a relaxing leisure activity , or cutting down on prescribed tranquillizers . |
| 24 | Just eat in quantities that satisfy you , and avoid putting on unnecessary weight by cutting down on sweet things like cakes , biscuits and sweet drinks . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , cutting back on personal items does not always produce the necessary economies . |
| 30 | Now , of course , we got problems now where they 've all been abolished and is virtually on a voluntary basis , and I say , it 'll be rather interesting to see whether Lamont actually is going to release some more money , cos you probably realise at the moment they 're cutting back on that particular budget . |