Example sentences of "cut back [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chrysler has already suspended production at one of its main assembly plants and cut back on managerial staff . |
| 2 | Each is tempted to act as a free rider : if other countries cut back on atmospheric pollution , everyone will enjoy the benefit . |
| 3 | Donations to party coffers are drying up as bankruptcies rise and businesses cut back on unnecessary expense , depriving the Tories of their traditional support . |
| 4 | At the same time , we cut back on proposed capital expenditure and made plans to repay borrowings . |
| 5 | However , cutting back on personal items does not always produce the necessary economies . |
| 6 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 7 | Because of difficulties involved in cutting back on current expenditure plans , capital projects have been sacrificed in a bid to fulfil this objective . |
| 8 | Mr McLeish said : ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . |
| 9 | ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . ’ |
| 10 | In 1990 there was a breakthrough in public consciousness when entire libraries were being closed in the Midlands and other parts of Britain , and other libraries were cutting back on new books , or freezing purchase grants . |
| 11 | Additional proposals include setting up an emergency fund to save buildings or sites for the nation and another for historic gardens ( two proposals which have met with approval ) , and cutting back on conservation grants , principally repair grants made to local authorities , amounting to £9.5 million annually , half of which has been on a pound-for-pound basis . |
| 12 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 13 | Britain was also able to unveil last night a breakthrough in cutting back on Euro red tape . |
| 14 | There would be prize freezes , limits on co-operatives , and controls to prevent producers from cutting back on low-priced goods in favour of more profitable lines to control inflation . |
| 15 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 16 | Some have cut back on foreign investment . |
| 17 | Mr Evans said that capital spending had been cut back from original plans to offset the squeeze on profitability . |
| 18 | In early trading , the Footsie one hundred gained a massive a hundred and fifty points before being cut back by early profit taking , and renewed uncertainty from the Gulf . |
| 19 | This was an entirely legitimate and historically well-founded practice , but Nixon carried it to extreme lengths , seeing it as a way both to cut back on federal expenditure and to impose his own order of spending priorities . |
| 20 | To cut back on financial support for sporting events ? |
| 21 | The open-ended commitment to a vastly expensive discretionary scheme for criminal injuries compensation , sanctioned by statute in 1988 but not yet brought into force at the time of writing , was a particular Treasury bête noire , leading to pressure to cut back on other things if Ministers maintained that it was politically unacceptable to curtail the cost . |
| 22 | If you 're planning the holiday of a lifetime or aiming to spend fortunes on a new hobby or faddish craze you 'll have to cut back on other expenses Saturday . |
| 23 | ‘ The Dept of Health is urging us to cut back on fatty foods , yet here is just that sort of food promoted as really good value . ’ |
| 24 | We felt it right to accept the inevitable costs at this stage in the economic cycle and not to cut back on long-term plans that will strengthen the economy . |
| 25 | A neighbouring school may decide to cut back on special needs provision or transport to the swimming baths or some other expensive provision and an influx of recruits from that school may be looking to you to pick up the bills . |
| 26 | With companies continuing to cut back on corporate travel , the first-class and business-class passengers who have traditionally provided airlines with their profits are not returning in anything like their earlier numbers . |
| 27 | Darman 's claim that this would save $47,000 million on social spending over the next five years drew a sceptical response from opposition Democrats , who feared that it masked a real intent to cut back on social programmes . |
| 28 | There is also evidence that bureaucratic advancement may be obtained by successful efforts to cut back on departmental expenditure . |
| 29 | None the less , I shall have to cut back on public expenditure , which has for years been outgrowing our capacity to pay for it . |