Example sentences of "[vb pp] cut [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider Butterworth and Chebyshev low-pass filters designed to cut off at unit pulsatance , that is , at or , theoretically , where the negative value does not have physical significance . |
| 2 | But now the health authority has decided to cut back on staffing arrangements . |
| 3 | It has n't been an easy time , even for the professions , and while law firms have had to cut back on staffing , they face having to get more out of the personnel they have left in terms of client service . |
| 4 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 5 | The contractors , having racked themselves to the limit to fight off all other comers , may be forced to cut back on programme spending , to the detriment of exactly the kind of endeavours which may give delight to many but have no great appeal to the masses . |
| 6 | In recent years most academic libraries have been forced to cut back on periodical provision , to prevent serials from running away with unreasonable proportions of their budgets for materials ( see pp. 135–8 ) . |
| 7 | Families living on income support are being forced to cut back on food and do without basic items , according to a survey by the Children 's Society . |
| 8 | Nearly all interviewees claimed they had been forced to cut down on food and fuel and many reported ill health . |
| 9 | Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking , stop smoking and reduce his weight from 15 stone . |