Example sentences of "cut down " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to further speed and cheapen the process , inferior ingredients such as maize , rice , triticale , wheat flour and potato starch are used and helped on their way by chemicals that hasten fermentation , cut down on the yeast head in the vessels to allow more wort to be treated , and to give a lively fake head to the finished product . |
| 2 | Cut down on alcohol |
| 3 | The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam . |
| 4 | Cut down , his filth drenching the holy fires . |
| 5 | Basketball : Giants cut down to size |
| 6 | Cut down on feeding ( once a month is plenty ) and watering , but keep the atmosphere round the plants slightly humid by misting over leaves , or standing pots on a layer of damp pebbles . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 8 | Complex carbohydrates will make up your food intake when you cut down on fats , and should provide over half your energy needs . |
| 9 | In West Africa and South-East Asia , commercial loggers cut down hardwoods to supply rich consumer countries — but they rarely replant . |
| 10 | Cut down your meat consumption , better still cut out meat and slaughterhouse products altogether . |
| 11 | Cut down to the bone to avoid excessive wastage . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Morgan and cut down its ambit . |
| 14 | Cut down to soil level , leaving the roots in the soil . |
| 15 | • 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 . |
| 16 | There 's nothing around the sides of the stage except cold brick walls and if you put anything there you cut down the already poor sight lines even more . |
| 17 | all dead wood standing and fallen , all dry wood and barren trees , stumps , twigs and bark ( of trees cut down ) , wood of alders and willows , and all cablish and branches … except in the hay of Plumpton . |
| 18 | They had kept in their service underforesters who were habitual poachers , cut down trees and underwood in large quantities , and kept the proceeds of sale for themselves . |
| 19 | John Gibbons , a courtier , was fined £8,600 for exceeding the terms of his grant of land in the forest : between 1629 and 1634 he had , without warrant , cut down 4,000 oaks worth £1 apiece , spoiled certain coppices , and enclosed 94 acres . |
| 20 | THIS TIME last year a crew of 50 descended on Caroline and Roger Shapland 's 17th-century Oxfordshire farmhouse , cut down the holly bush at the end of their drive , ripped up their carpets , removed their light switches and took over all but one of their bedrooms . |
| 21 | British Rail 's answer to leaves on the line : cut down the trees |
| 22 | The Western sheep and cattle rangers cut down the big trees and put a stop to the burning of bush . |
| 23 | And if we cut down the number of our operations — for the part he 's making it would n't be worth automating . |
| 24 | As the Turks cut down the oak-trees to fuel the trains , so Lawrence blew up the track . |
| 25 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 26 | He vehemently dislikes smoking and while they were together she stopped smoking and cut down on drinking . |
| 27 | It is vitally important that you cut down gradually — preferably with help , whether from your doctor or a practitioner of alternative medicine . |
| 28 | Cut down on all fats , particularly those from animal sources especially lard , suet , double cream and full-fat cheeses . |
| 29 | Cut down on salt and use more herbs to flavour your food . |
| 30 | Cut down on milk . |