Example sentences of "cutting [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ; |
| 3 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Pub landlords say cutting down on young drinkers stops trouble . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , cutting back on personal items does not always produce the necessary economies . |
| 13 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 14 | Because of difficulties involved in cutting back on current expenditure plans , capital projects have been sacrificed in a bid to fulfil this objective . |
| 15 | Mr McLeish said : ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . |
| 16 | ‘ At a time of deepening recession , it 's absolute folly to be considering cutting back on key public expenditure . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 20 | Britain was also able to unveil last night a breakthrough in cutting back on Euro red tape . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |