Example sentences of "[noun] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People living near the crash scene paid no attention when they heard the engine of the aircraft cut out in mid-air . |
| 2 | The United States cut back on government spending and on financial support to its former allies , despite the fact that the allies were economically devastated and desperate for dollars both because of fiscal conservatism and the leftist nature of the new European governments . |
| 3 | An increasing number of pubs in the Northwich area are barring the younger drinkers on Friday and Saturday nights , in a bid to cut down on trouble . |
| 4 | Some information has necessarily been removed from the dictionary to cut down on storage requirements . |
| 5 | An attempt was made to take advantage of the morphological structure of words to cut down on storage space and search time . |
| 6 | The probation service 's task in prison is primarily to provide a social work service to those imprisoned and there has always been a conflict between the day-to-day , mundane but pressing needs of prisoners cut off from family and friends , and the more reflective analytical and purposeful work related to offending behaviour in which Probation Officers wanted to engage . |
| 7 | Soviet mines cut down on sulphur emissions |
| 8 | Basketball : Giants cut down to size |
| 9 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 10 | From Solva the route cuts back across country to Llanunwas Farm . |
| 11 | The room is stacked with bolts of cloth , and lengths of fabric hang from poles which have thistle-shaped finials cut out in wood ( two are on the mantelpiece ) |
| 12 | And of course the tragic death , far too early really , for Danny Blanchflower cut down by disease , and er one of the greatest footballers , I suppose , not only of his generation , but of anyone 's generation and er , how sad it is , that we should lose two of our greatest footballers in this one year . |
| 13 | Britain 's Liberal Democrats have called for urgent measures to tackle the health risks posed by air pollution , including more investment in public transport to cut down on exhaust emissions , the acceptance of World Health Organisation ( WHO ) monitoring guidelines , and an increase in air pollution monitoring stations . |
| 14 | And so I would like to discount all this talk about the need to cut down on commuting . |
| 15 | It became evident that young people were a particularly vulnerable group and that in times of economic hardship , firms cut back on training places . |
| 16 | In a separate move , oil industry officials in the Arabian Gulf expressed fears that the US plans for an energy tax might upset market stability by causing some producers to cut back on investment . |
| 17 | For less than £10 you can buy an approved 80mm ( 3inch ) tank jacket to cut down on heat loss . |
| 18 | The design is carefully stencilled on to the fabric , then embroidered and the pattern cut out by hand to produce bed linen of the very highest quality . |
| 19 | In autumn when the plants have begun to die down naturally the perennials should have their flowered stems cut off at ground level , if not already done , and annuals should be dug up and put for compost . |
| 20 | MR KIPLING 79p for six ( 13p each ) : Very jolly-looking pastry holly sprigs cut out on top of each pie . |
| 21 | Waddington cuts back on parole . |
| 22 | Its backers , which include the government 's British Technology Group , have told the firm to cut back on research and make a profit by next year or face closure . |
| 23 | There are also several vehicles cut up by acetylene equipment and dumped in a pond . |
| 24 | The press was another estate of the realm cut down to size . |
| 25 | The first , and hardest to resist , was that Charles Frezeli , another MC/10 agent , had just been assassinated in Beirut , leaving three others cut off from contact who had to be brought out before they , too , were killed or induced to talk . |
| 26 | A specified amount appears to be necessary because of a common tendency to cut down on book provision work whenever there is pressure on staff time . |
| 27 | In order to cut down on salt intake , first remove salt containers from the table . |
| 28 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 29 | Mintel 's Healthy Eating report follows hot on the heels if the latest Government Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy ( COMA ) report , which advised consumers to cut down on intake of nutrients such as sugar , fats and salt . |