Example sentences of "cuts [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's because the natural cleaning power of steam cuts through the soapy deposits and the dust particles which stick to them , quickly removing dirt and grime . |
| 2 | The triangle lies on a flat two-dimensional " plane " that cuts through the nine-dimensional hypervolume ( what one fool can do , another can ) . |
| 3 | Between Blackwell Mill and Monsal Head the route cuts through the central limestone plateau of the Peak District as it follows the deep valley of the River Wye . |
| 4 | They play with a raw , unsmiling aggression that cuts through the crappy circumstances . |
| 5 | Jananne Al-Ani 's Untitled Gulf War Piece cuts through the Orientalist propaganda of that war , and Mitra Tabrizian 's Surveillance makes us question national and social power relations . |
| 6 | It is at this point that the old Gotthard road and the railway line both cross to the west side of the valley while the modern motorway in galleries and tunnels cuts through the steep rock-flank of the massive Bristen , which was seen on the horizon earlier in the route . |
| 7 | It cuts through the back doors . |
| 8 | According to Axelrod and Hamilton , ‘ It turns out in many cases that if a fig wasp entering a young fig does not pollinate enough flowers for seeds and instead lays eggs in almost all , the tree cuts off the developing fig at an early stage . |
| 9 | I have a tin-opener that cuts off the whole top of the tin under the rim and leaves a blunt edge . |
| 10 | The tax cuts for the top income earners , the increase in share prices over the decade , and the effects of the recession have sharpened economic differentials in the Thatcher period . |
| 11 | If it does not facilitate economic growth and expansion then it limits its capacity to raise taxes and so cuts into the public revenue on which its own power depends . |
| 12 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 13 | The pound has steadied and the High Street should get a spending boost when home owners receive the full benefits of the building society cuts in the New Year . |
| 14 | The centre-right minority government which had come to office in October [ see p. 38542 ] proposed major expenditure cuts in the 1992-93 budget introduced on Jan. 10 . |
| 15 | But several senior finance officers said last week that between two and three dozen health authorities could face bed closures and service cuts in the next couple of months , with others deferring developments . |
| 16 | In the current situation of economic recession , and cuts in the few nursery facilities that do exist , this option does not appear to be a very feasible one . |
| 17 | Mr Lamont and the Prime Minister betrayed their nervousness about the pound by ruling out further interest rate cuts in the near future in an attempt to reassure foreign markets . |
| 18 | But there were also staff cuts in the public service and some privatization of production and distribution . |
| 19 | Thus the government announced sweeping increases in taxes and cuts in the public sector ; it aimed to scrap all the remaining state subsidies , sell off state assets , and fire about 80,000 workers ( a small proportion of public employees ) . |
| 20 | On Dec. 14 the Riksdag approved a major austerity package of spending cuts in social services , defence and subsidies , and job cuts in the public sector . |
| 21 | ‘ We used it to heal sword cuts in the Holy Land , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The film cuts from the Black man writing on the blackboard to the grotesque ‘ nigger minstrel'-style head of a Guy , which , as if it had been lynched and hung , falls ominously to its chest . |
| 23 | I would expect further cuts over the next couple of months . |
| 24 | These are the reasons why the discussion of economic policy during the election has been so trivial and impoverished , with so much fuss about how the budget deficit limits the scope for tax cuts on the one hand and expenditure increases on the other . |
| 25 | Since 1979 , cuts on the national insurance benefits , such as old-age pensions and unemployment pay have resulted in savings in excess of £15 billion . |
| 26 | There is a widely felt fear that cuts to the social element of citizenship have damaged social cohesion and that this damage outweighs any advantages that the policy may have in the economic sphere . |
| 27 | The complications arise from the way in which it has to maintain an internal planning dynamic which cuts across the traditional demarcation lines of faculties and departments . |
| 28 | Marlow himself , listening to Jim 's confused , hesitant version of the affair as the court-martial proceeds , realises that ‘ with every instant he was penetrating deeper into the impossible world of romantic achievements ’ and cuts across the young man 's evident yearning to make some heroic restitution by the blunt reminder , ‘ If you had stuck to the ship , you mean ! ’ |
| 29 | Each section outlines proposals for change , setting out a radical agenda which , refreshingly , cuts across the political spectrum . |
| 30 | It was well named : this was the edge of the Great Rift Valley , a gigantic dyke which cuts across the entire continent of Africa from the Red Sea to Mozambique , and from our vantage point the ground fell away , almost sheer , to the flat valley floor , some 2,000 feet below . |