Example sentences of "cutting across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waited to get my breath before cutting across the road . |
| 2 | For many years , old time Northern Irish comedian Jimmy Young did work there , cutting across the divide with a brand of comedy that hit at both sides . |
| 3 | A man with a long knife cut the dolphins ' skins and fat from the bodies , by cutting across the dolphin 's head , slicing it down the middle , then peeling off the outer layer . |
| 4 | ‘ They reckon she 'd had an injection , ’ Stanley said without warning , cutting across the small-talk . |
| 5 | Labour 's plans to establish home rule for Scotland will also strengthen the Unionists ' push for decentralised power , cutting across the Anglo-Irish treaty . |
| 6 | The otherwise admirable Young Musician of the Year ( BBC2 ) , due to close tomorrow , has been exhibiting an even more infuriating mannerism , namely , cutting across the virtuosic teenage performances with superfluous interviews . |
| 7 | There must be a unifying goal for education , cutting across the old Platonic distinction between the theoretical , or intellectual , and the practical , and also across the newly emphasized distinction between technology and science on the one hand and ‘ arts ’ on the other . |
| 8 | But she heard the thin , childlike voice with its very sing-song quality , cutting across the stupefying silence after another huge growl . |
| 9 | More teeth give a cleaner cut , and are better for cutting across the grain if a really smooth finish is required . |
| 10 | While at one level a functional difference was probably intended , the relationship between groups of buildings at certain sites strongly suggests that there is a social distinction cutting across the functional dimension . |
| 11 | The delegates , again often chosen by public meetings , saw themselves as the aroused mass of principled antislavery , cutting across the political and religious differences of their communities . |
| 12 | The sun on our backs and bright crystals biting into our feet , the printed pain of a sharp finger edge cutting across the joyful soft warmth of the wind ; the loving immediacy of experience which hurls us free from the containment of assessment , order and code . |
| 13 | Cutting across the valley , which was once an expanse of water known as the Nor'Lock , the Mound was created from the excavations of the New Town . |
| 14 | So be aware of the possibility of anybody cutting across the lane that you 're already in . |
| 15 | The wind was cutting across the open space at great speed , so cold it seemed to penetrate his bones . |
| 16 | A sedimentary investigation of the area led to the postulation of five distinct facies within the Marada : ( i ) an offshore sandbank facies ; ( ii ) a lagoonal facies ; ( iii ) an intertidal or deltaic facies ; ( iv ) a fluviatile facies and ( v ) an estuarine facies cutting across the other four . |
| 17 | The route was simple to follow , cutting across the open meadows and farming land , past dark copses , and well within the hour the crenellated walls and turrets of Woodstock Palace came into view . |
| 18 | With businesses looking at cost cutting across the board , American Express has also been targeting a new market . |
| 19 | In fact the proposal which he 's promoting needs a three mile new road cutting across the landscape . |
| 20 | The European Community is believed to support plans for a road cutting across the region to link up with East Coast ports . |