Example sentences of "[prep] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They concur with the group in seeing it as a way of cutting down on bootleg tapes , though it will still reduce the impact of a future live album . |
| 2 | There are also the dangers of cutting down on food to pay for drink or drifting into excessive drinking due to loneliness . |
| 3 | Trading at Sherwood has been strong , showing that people are still spending on low ticket underwear despite cutting down on outerwear . |
| 4 | I have tried all the usual remedies , such as cutting down on food , installing extra filtration and carrying out more water changes . |
| 5 | Before the 1960s the treatment of peptic ulcers was empirical , based on bedrest and dietary factors , including increases in the intake of digestible foods like milk products , and general advice such as cutting back on smoking and drinking alcohol . |
| 6 | Where many dieters fall down is that they concentrate on cutting down on food , cutting out pleasure from their lives . |
| 7 | That centre for one of the staff who work there , make quite profound impact on the quality of life for many people living on our estates and I can not see anything more short sighted than denying access to the sorts of services and the sorts of pleasures that people can get from use of a community centre like that by cutting back on staffing so that we ca n't actually use the capital resources that we 've b the capital that we 've invested in facilities like that . |
| 8 | It can only be halted by cutting back on demand , thereby raising the unemployment rate to NAIRU . |
| 9 | The argument is that if firms find that they are producing more than is being demanded , they will observe an involuntary increase in their inventories of unsold goods and so will rectify this by cutting back on production and laying off workers . |
| 10 | Although there is a temptation to save scarce money by cutting down on insurance , the Church 's human and material resources are too important to be exposed to needless risk or loss . |
| 11 | By cutting down on routine paperwork we would hope to be able to increase the level of ‘ customer contact ’ , which would improve the service and provide staff with more job satisfaction . |
| 12 | Family restriction , by cutting down on labour costs , accelerated middle-class living standards , and this seems likely to have been a major contributory factor to decisions to limit family size . |
| 13 | The problem was tackled by cutting down on coal burning and introducing the Clean Air Act . |
| 14 | You can help your body detoxify by cutting down on coffee , tea , alcohol and refined foods . |