Example sentences of "[be] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | no I 'm afraid there 'll be no footpath there , in fact , it hurts me a bit that because they 're cutting straight , they 're cutting along in line with that pub public |
| 2 | They 're cutting back on education . |
| 3 | And just because you 're cutting down on time , you do n't have to cut down on performance . |
| 4 | They do n't belong in any class and therefore they 're cut out from society . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A survey has found that people under 24 are cutting down on alcohol . |
| 7 | Many people know they should be cutting down on fat and eating more fibre . |
| 8 | The Packs contain 16 pages of cardboard to be cut up into picture , word , letter , and number cards , together with a Teacher 's Guide offering instructions for using the cards in conjunction with the Activity Books . |
| 9 | The foliage of the pulmonaria should be cut back in winter to allow its new flowers to come through unconcealed in spring . |
| 10 | Buddleias , although messy , should not be cut back until spring . |
| 11 | With the threat of war approaching , a Cadet Corps was formed and my Sunday school teacher provided the fifteen shillings necessary for the purchase of a second-hand uniform , which had to be cut down to boy 's size . |
| 12 | Candidates who exceed the quota are considered to have " too many " votes and must be cut down to size by having their surplus taken away . |
| 13 | If you are n't smiling , you may be cut out for economics . |
| 14 | The design shown in the drawing is to be cut out of cardboard in one piece . |
| 15 | The plant matter , or haulm , will be cut off at ground level and put in the compost bin , and the nitrogen-rich root system left in the soil . |
| 16 | Fried and fatty meats are best avoided , but fat can be cut off before cooking , and meat or fish can be grilled or cooked in the oven . |
| 17 | but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness ; |
| 18 | ‘ He will guard the feet of his faithful ones ; but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness , ’ says the psalm . |
| 19 | I would n't advocate a university that would be cut off from society . |
| 20 | Given that prices are assumed to remain fixed , their reaction to the building up of stocks in the short-run will be to cut back on output and lay off workers , thereby creating DD unemployment . |
| 21 | The only way to compete with Third World and eastern bloc ships seems to be to cut back on crew rest hours and leave . |
| 22 | But this was the hanging gardens of Hampden Babylon , the land where agents rule , books do n't balance and credit cards are cut up in front of your eyes . |
| 23 | In this imagery the liberal democratic state is run exclusively by elected governing elites and/or the bureaucracy , but both groups are cut off from control by broader social movements , political parties , or socially privileged groups ( see Figure 4.1 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ At Mike Mahoney 's down in Marsh Street they were laying odds on thee having been cut up for cats-meat . ’ |
| 25 | When Menelik founded Addis Ababa in 1889 the countryside had been forested with juniper and wild olive , but these had soon been cut down for firewood and building material , whereupon Menelik announced that he was going to move his capital for the third time . |
| 26 | as if he 'd been cut out of tin . |
| 27 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 28 | ‘ Experience in the bus industry has shown that white collar jobs have been cut by between 25–30pc and this would be repeated under privatisation of British Rail . ’ |
| 29 | He wore a coat and a scarf because the electricity had been cut off at lunchtime . |
| 30 | Aid trucks have been stopped from reaching Muslim areas there for a month by the Bosnian Croats who control the roads ; 1.3m people have been cut off from aid . |