Example sentences of "[adv] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wept on their last day of work : ‘ I felt terrible ’ ; ‘ it seemed as though you were suddenly cut off from life . ’ |
| 2 | We felt less cut off from society as a whole and I was particularly pleased to be able to listen to good music on a regular basis . |
| 3 | She was not fooled for an instant nor so cut off from news that she had not heard that war was in the air again . |
| 4 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 5 | And sometimes it 's quite difficult I think to get away from middle persons because that is it 's part of the structure of the c the country you 're dealing with and so to cut down on exploitation from the mi but as to how far you can actually impose your , your culture as well . |
| 6 | Divided up into three groupings , the A , B , and C special constabularies , according to diminishing power , responsibility , and time commitment , the force was soon cut down to class B only and these came to be known as the ‘ B Specials ’ , a thoroughly armed , militant , semi-private , and sectarian army . |
| 7 | Experts are urging everyone to give up salt for the day and thereafter cut down on salt to ensure a healthier heart . |
| 8 | She was more cut out for television . ’ |
| 9 | Lenin 's attitude , in so far as it is discernible , will be looked at in a moment , but by this time he was more cut off through illness from daily supervision of affairs . |
| 10 | We were once more cut off from reality in our underground prison . |
| 11 | Their inmates were , therefore , throughout their school life totally cut off from normality and ordinary life , which was one of the worst drawbacks of the asylum system . |
| 12 | The company reckons it has a major advantage over its competitors because it does not have to develop a new product for each market — it simply adds a local user interface , which also cuts down on development and maintenance costs . |
| 13 | Many employers are now cutting back on company cars . |
| 14 | I 'm not really cut out for adoption . |
| 15 | Erika felt goose-pimples on her arms and the thought crossed her mind that , despite all that had been said to her about courage , perhaps she was n't really cut out for stardom , after all . |
| 16 | French nationals were evacuated by French army helicopter from both towns , which were now virtually cut off from contact with the outside world . |
| 17 | As rebel fighters of Charles Taylor 's National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) tightened their grip on Monrovia , the city 's Spriggs Payne airport was temporarily closed by mortar fire on Oct. 31 , increasing the isolation of the 700,000 inhabitants of the capital , already completely cut off by land [ see p. 39131 ] . |
| 18 | The Swifts then came to life with Beattie 's 25-yard free kick just over and Robinson 's forward burst barely cut out on time . |
| 19 | ‘ I guess I was never cut out for exam situations . |
| 20 | The most convenient way to study flows of this sort is to look at old examples which have been brought up above sea level by earth movements of one kind or another , and which have been subsequently cut through by erosion and exposed in clean , dry cliff sections . |