Example sentences of "cut [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , in the test runs described in the next chapter we cut down the utterance length to no more than 10 words . |
| 2 | Yeah okay yeah , cut down the entertainment that 's not , cut down on the clothes , we would n't buy so many expensive clothes I suppose . |
| 3 | ‘ In the meantime I suggest we cut down the cross-referencing . |
| 4 | And if we cut down the number of our operations — for the part he 's making it would n't be worth automating . |
| 5 | The approval by members at the June special meeting of a reformed scheme should , with luck , cut down the time that references to the JDS take to complete , as well as the cost of these expensive investigations . |
| 6 | When humans cut down the forest , it might be replaced by a permanent grassland because the soil itself had been modified in a way that prevented the trees from reseeding themselves . |
| 7 | THIS TIME last year a crew of 50 descended on Caroline and Roger Shapland 's 17th-century Oxfordshire farmhouse , cut down the holly bush at the end of their drive , ripped up their carpets , removed their light switches and took over all but one of their bedrooms . |
| 8 | 2 nurses can perform a dressing more efficiently and cut down the length of time a wound is exposed and at risk and the number of times hands need to be washed . |
| 9 | Cut down the baby baggage |
| 10 | This would save energy and cut down the risk of fires . |
| 11 | Cut off the bottom of the stem and look at the freshly cut end . |
| 12 | They cut off the electricity last week . |
| 13 | Cut off the base if they have started to rot and then store in a dry place for next year . |
| 14 | As she flicked over memories of the day — embracing in the cold silken water , under that mysterious layer of white mist which cut off the sky above yet gave clear vision to the other side , a quarter of a mile away — the sense of wicked escape , as they laughed together in the empty lunch-time pub … she decided that she would tell her mother she 'd been working both Sundays . |
| 15 | His own trade included the quick memorising of landscape and cityscape and at one corner there was an L-shaped alley that cut off the building on the corner itself giving an alternative route to making a left turn on the streets . |
| 16 | ‘ You cut off the air and starve the atmosphere of oxygen . |
| 17 | Cut off the water supply to the tap to be converted , then unscrew the retaining screw holding the tap handle . |
| 18 | There 's no way that we can guarantee success , but it should be helpful to follow this technique : cut off the water supply to the basin , and disconnect the tails of the taps from the water supply pipes . |
| 19 | He found that from the intersection of Fleming 's Cross-cut with the vein , the level had been taken S.E. along it for 40 fathoms , at the forehead of which was a cross-course which cut off the lode . |
| 20 | To re-seal a half-used cartridge , take the piece you cut off the end of the nozzle and push it into the nozzle the other way round |
| 21 | Although advances such as secondary high-limit thermostats , which cut off the power if the fryer overheats , are now fitted as standard on almost all machines , there have been plenty of other developments . |
| 22 | This was the same fault , as it turned out , which cut off the Bonsor Vein at its northern end , and became known as the Great , or Kernal Cross-course . |
| 23 | I cut off the path proper and charged up over a dune and down its other side to where the service pipe carrying the water and electricity to the house appears out of the sand and crosses the creek . |
| 24 | Pausing long enough at Bingen to have a coffee and look at maps , I decide it is time to abandon the Rhine for a while and cut up the valley of the river Nahe towards Idar-Oberstein and the Palatinate Forest . |
| 25 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 26 | I found a lens in an old box and I used , I got another two lenses , and I fitted them together in an a tube , I had no tubing but there was an old bicycle at the house and I cut up the frame and put one lens at the one end of the frame and the seat pillar , I used the seat pillar for focusing . |
| 27 | Measure for measure , the paper is more expensive than if you were to buy full sheets and cut up the paper yourself , but pochettes are good when you want to try different weights or colours without paying for full sheets . |
| 28 | Every one satisfied , and looking forward eagerly to future developments , they cut up the hare and called Farquhar in . |
| 29 | Remove the aluminium frame and cut out the hole for the striker box . |
| 30 | I cut out the caption and stuck it on the cover of my French notebook . |