Example sentences of "[be] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people know they should be cutting down on fat and eating more fibre . |
| 2 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | route 6 to be cut back to Tooting Junction and the Mitcham Fair Green — Cricket Green section to be given up . |
| 5 | The foliage of the pulmonaria should be cut back in winter to allow its new flowers to come through unconcealed in spring . |
| 6 | Buddleias , although messy , should not be cut back until spring . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If you are n't smiling , you may be cut out for economics . |
| 10 | The design shown in the drawing is to be cut out of cardboard in one piece . |
| 11 | A senior official at the Russian gas industry monopoly Gazprom told Itar-Tass news agency that supplies to Ukraine would be cut off on Thursday . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness ; |
| 15 | ‘ He will guard the feet of his faithful ones ; but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness , ’ says the psalm . |
| 16 | ‘ Constanza says that she felt so much for her mother , even if she did not understand then what it meant to her to be cut off from Italy , from Rome . |
| 17 | I would n't advocate a university that would be cut off from society . |
| 18 | To be cut off from God is death . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The only way to compete with Third World and eastern bloc ships seems to be to cut back on crew rest hours and leave . |