Example sentences of "[vb -s] cut [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This discussion has cut across the boundaries of economics , geography and sociology . |
| 2 | It might turn out that Occam 's Razor has cut off a part or two that will be missed later on … |
| 3 | The drainage channel has cut into the millstone grit to form a series of pools , boulder-chokes , staircases and several cascades and rocky steps — one of which is particularly steep and offers excellent scrambling on rough , textured gritstone ; a damp cleft on the left offers a let-out . |
| 4 | On the far side , where Andy is heading , the bank is tall and steep where the water has cut into the hill , removing sand and gravel and stones and leaving an overhang of earth and exposed , dangling tree-roots ; the dark gravel space under that ragged overhang is the only place I can see where there is no snow . |
| 5 | ILR has cut into the audience for network radio , and the new national commercial stations will reduce it further . |
| 6 | We all share the view that local authority services should be provided by highly motivated , highly trained professional staff but local authorities have had their budgets cut from central government over the last thirteen years which has restricted the amount of finance available for training and has cut to the bone the finance available to provide efficient and effective services to the consumer . |
| 7 | For one thing , it tends to cut across the distinctions between narrative categories established in this section . |
| 8 | It entails cutting into the flue at strategic points , inserting the liners , end-joining them , and packing them around with mortar . |
| 9 | A grooved machete over the actor 's real arm took care of his struggles while she tries to cut through the bone ; and the last stage was a false severed arm and stump , with tubes for gushing blood . |