Example sentences of "cut [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut along lines to form collars and stick in place . |
| 2 | To get what they need , they cut down saplings and even trees with trunks a foot or so in diameter , gnawing through the wood with their chisel teeth . |
| 3 | As autumn approaches , but while the trees are still in leaf , the beavers cut down saplings and sink them in the lake . |
| 4 | A new porch has several advantages : it will improve the security of your home ; be somewhere welcoming for visitors ; reduce heat loss from the house ; and cut down noise . |
| 5 | Bombers cut down warnings |
| 6 | Let a rug or painting suggest or inspire the colour scheme ; if you ca n't revamp old curtains ( though beware ! re-making can sometimes be just as expensive as starting afresh ) turn them into cushions ; cut down carpets which no longer fit but are too good to be thrown out , and make them into small rugs . |
| 7 | The spruce , fir , pine , larch , oak and birch trees cut down will taken centuries to replace because growth is slow on the permafrost . |
| 8 | In other words , Cases IV and V cut down Case III . |
| 9 | The slim week Cut down food for one week then return to the basic plan . |
| 10 | Although people cut down fats and sugar in the 1980s following official advice , there were more fat and very fat people in 1987 than in 1980 , Dr David Buss told nutritionists and doctors at a Royal College of Physicians conference in London . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | True , the curia regis , de Banco and other rolls contain mainly names of notable , even famous , families , but they can also record the names of more ordinary folk : 1261 , ‘ Thomas Piket and his wife Cristina versus Ralph le Bret and William his son , and Richard de Langlay in a plea that they cut down trees ’ ; 1262 , ‘ Akyma who was wife of William de Reyney versus William de Bekeford for ⅓ of the moiety of the advowson of the church ’ ; 1318 , ‘ The sheriff to have here William de Bradewas , Matilda Bret , Henry de Knyghteton , Walter de Pyneford , John Keneman , John Weryng , Richard North , Thomas Tredy , and Henry Gledy to show by what right … ‘ , and so on . |
| 13 | A cut down version of Vxfs , Vxfs Lite for file system integrity , is built into all copies of SVR4.2 and UnixWare . |
| 14 | In West Africa and South-East Asia , commercial loggers cut down hardwoods to supply rich consumer countries — but they rarely replant . |
| 15 | In his version , Gloucester met with Hastings and his allies in the Tower , and cried out that he had been ambushed , whereupon waiting soldiers rushed in and cut down Hastings on the spot . |
| 16 | In his version , Gloucester met with Hastings and his allies in the Tower , and cried out that he had been ambushed , whereupon waiting soldiers rushed in and cut down Hastings on the spot . |
| 17 | More than useful at manipulating the seam , dazzling in the field — the pirouette and throw that cut down David Smith at Southend had to be seen to be believed — Mark 's elegant bat could prove as distressing for the patriot next summer as it has been enchanting for the connoisseur this . |
| 18 | In the meantime the Slovenian government had on July 17 cut off electricity to five military bases as a protest . |
| 19 | Avalanches in the French Alps cut off ski resorts on Feb. 14-15 ; on Feb. 26-28 storms broke sea defences in Towyn , north Wales , and in Lemwig , Denmark ; high tide levels in the Netherlands were the highest for 37 years ; and the Thames barrier was raised to prevent flooding in London . |
| 20 | This impetus was centred around an urban renewal policy that — along with explicitly segregationist policies in federal public housing — cut off minority communities , displaced large sections of these communities and concentrated them between expressways , office complexes , stadiums and civic centers . |
| 21 | Cut off values for acid clearance times of 290 seconds and for the percentage of time at pH<4 of 11.5% discriminated in all but one patient between groups I and II . |
| 22 | However , in patients with hyperglobulinaemia and low optical readings ( signal:control cut off ratio <2 ) a positive result should be confirmed by a second generation recombinant immunoblot assay , which uses four antigens ( 5–1–1 , c-100–3 , c33c , and c22–3 ) . |
| 23 | He died during the blockade ( when the Germans cut off supplies to Leningrad and almost one million people died ) but I rebuilt my life through my work . ’ |
| 24 | Phalluses cut off Libyans 6,359 |
| 25 | ( 4 ) From point 2 cut off side lengths to form polygon . |
| 26 | She said they were quite untrustworthy and cut off peoples ' arms and legs unnecessarily in order to keep their hand in , demonstrate their skills and prove that they were earning their money . |
| 27 | The Humber has been a barrier which cut off trade to the south . |
| 28 | To prevent offenders repeating their misbehaviour , we no longer hang murderers , castrate rapists , or cut off thieves ' hands . |
| 29 | Cut off wool . |
| 30 | Cut off wool . |