Example sentences of "cutting down [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some of them will probably think you need cutting down to size ; they might be quite right , of course . |
| 2 | The overgrazing of livestock and cutting down of brush and trees for firewood are held responsible . |
| 3 | They concur with the group in seeing it as a way of cutting down on bootleg tapes , though it will still reduce the impact of a future live album . |
| 4 | Trading at Sherwood has been strong , showing that people are still spending on low ticket underwear despite cutting down on outerwear . |
| 5 | The sophisticated , 7ft tall Robodoc produced an exact match , cutting down on space between the bone and implant , allowing them to bond more quickly . |
| 6 | Although there is a temptation to save scarce money by cutting down on insurance , the Church 's human and material resources are too important to be exposed to needless risk or loss . |
| 7 | Tobacco kills vitamins and lowers the body 's resistance to disease , particularly to air-borne viruses — a side effect you should be aware of if you are cutting down on body-building food intake — and it also has a depressant effect on appetite . |
| 8 | I told him I was cutting down on lunch . |
| 9 | " When I began the WNAS diet I was asked to cut out bread , biscuits and cakes as well as cutting down on dairy products and sugar , I found that I was sensitive to wheat . |
| 10 | Some experts believe that cutting down on dairy products may help . |
| 11 | A PRODUCT of space programme technology , which had to find a way to recycle astronauts ' air , this ‘ circle absorber ’ is designed to recycle expensive gases exhaled from patient , thus saving money and cutting down on pollution . |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted to create something a commuter could go to work on , while cutting down on pollution . ’ |
| 13 | Cutting down on smoking and alcohol are sensible moves . |
| 14 | They are exercising more , eating more carefully and cutting down on smoking and alcohol ’ . |
| 15 | CUTTING DOWN ON FAT IS EASY . |
| 16 | Many people know they should be cutting down on fat and eating more fibre . |
| 17 | Most doctors and nutritionists would agree that cutting down on fat , especially animal fat , and sugar are two good rules for eating in midlife , even though not all agree that positive proof of their harmful effects is conclusive . |
| 18 | The BHF says the best way to slim is by losing just over 1lb a week , reducing energy intake to 1000 calories a day , cutting down on fat and alcohol and eating only moderate salt . |
| 19 | Cutting down on training , together with a natural apprehension , may make sleep a little harder to come by in the last few days , so staying up an extra hour may actually help . |
| 20 | Where many dieters fall down is that they concentrate on cutting down on food , cutting out pleasure from their lives . |
| 21 | There are also the dangers of cutting down on food to pay for drink or drifting into excessive drinking due to loneliness . |
| 22 | I have tried all the usual remedies , such as cutting down on food , installing extra filtration and carrying out more water changes . |
| 23 | Cutting down on food , I was University missing whole meals , telling people I was training , I 'm a P E teacher so sport and the perfect body was very much up front , so the more weight I lost the better I was told I looked until it became totally out of control and I was eating an apple and black coffee a day and then vomiting so that I had nothing in me . |
| 24 | The problem was tackled by cutting down on coal burning and introducing the Clean Air Act . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says . |
| 27 | Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and are stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says . |
| 28 | Family restriction , by cutting down on labour costs , accelerated middle-class living standards , and this seems likely to have been a major contributory factor to decisions to limit family size . |
| 29 | A survey has found that people under 24 are cutting down on alcohol . |
| 30 | Cutting down on alcohol , for most people , is probably one of the easiest lifestyle changes to make . |