Example sentences of "cut down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The street price of that little lot , cut down into 40-milligram bags , would be half a million pounds . |
| 2 | Cut down to ten cigarettes per day . |
| 3 | ‘ Cut down to twenty a day . ’ |
| 4 | Cut down on all fats , particularly those from animal sources especially lard , suet , double cream and full-fat cheeses . |
| 5 | • 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 . |
| 6 | cut down on fatty foods |
| 7 | Cut down on refined white sugar , and white flour , and eat more wholemeal , granary and brown products . |
| 8 | Stop smoking and cut down on sugary snacks . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |