Example sentences of "cut [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the number of consumers cut off for non-payment rose to 21.286 in 1991/92 — an increase of 177% from the previous year . |
| 2 | The responsible USSR ministries were to ensure uninterrupted transport through Lithuania , especially to the major Lithuanian port of Klaipeda and to Kaliningrad , a strategically important exclave of the Russian Federation on the Baltic coast , cut off by Lithuanian territory from the rest of the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | It is as much due to his neglect as my intervention that you find yourself thus , cut off from normal society . |
| 4 | Ovid by the Black Sea , cut off from native speech , he wrote . |
| 5 | We cut out from Old Gang across the grouse moor of Lord Peel of Gunnerside Lodge with its shooting butts and its newly cut Land-rover track , a great scar bulldozed across the moor , and followed the path down to Potting . |
| 6 | Each is tempted to act as a free rider : if other countries cut back on atmospheric pollution , everyone will enjoy the benefit . |
| 7 | Donations to party coffers are drying up as bankruptcies rise and businesses cut back on unnecessary expense , depriving the Tories of their traditional support . |
| 8 | At the same time , we cut back on proposed capital expenditure and made plans to repay borrowings . |
| 9 | Luke cut in with heavy sarcasm . |
| 10 | ‘ Sex can be incredibly swift , Robyn , ’ Luke cut in with deliberate bluntness . |
| 11 | It is a spectacularly successful conjuring trick that capitalism in the West has pulled off : with one hand cutting down on paid labour by encouraging people to regard the jobs that used to be done by other workers as new forms of leisure , whilst with the other hand establishing new ( and more profitable ) economic sectors around voluntary pastoral care , such as care for the elderly . |
| 12 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 13 | Cutting down on conditioning time does n't mean cutting down on conditioning , so check out your chemist or salon to see what 's new . |
| 14 | This means concentrating on fish , poultry and vegetarian dishes and cutting down on red meat ; avoiding creamy , cheesy or buttery sauces and fried foods ; and eliminating salads with fattening ingredients such as bacon , nuts , cheese and egg . |
| 15 | Many of us are already cutting down on red meat , partly for health reasons but also because of , as Audrey Eyton explains ( see p.56 ) , the growing awareness that animals being farmed intensively are neither happy nor tasty . |
| 16 | He added that the government was also helping local businesses to expand and invest by cutting down on red tape : ‘ If people in business try to expand it is very , very bureaucratic and government approval is needed for most projects . ’ |
| 17 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 18 | By making money follow the pupil , LMS will encourage good schools and penalise bad ones ; and by delegating budgets to individual heads , it will cut down on time-wasting bureaucracy . |
| 19 | American publishers are noticeably cutting back on expensive art books with numerous colour illustrations . |
| 20 | Because of difficulties involved in cutting back on current expenditure plans , capital projects have been sacrificed in a bid to fulfil this objective . |
| 21 | The survey said that for the first time , there was a shift in reasons given for cutting back on red meat . |
| 22 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 23 | ‘ Places like Ayr , Largs and Helensburgh which currently have trains until late at night and weekends would be cut down to peak-hour commuter services because they are the only ones that make money . |
| 24 | Also , if you are drinking alcohol you should stop or at least cut down on low alcohol drinks or extending alcoholic drinks with low calorie mixers can be helpful . |
| 25 | But , since shareholders have a prima facie right to transfer to whomsoever they please , this right is not to be cut down by uncertain language or doubtful implications . |
| 26 | The three taxi men were cut down by machine-gun fire from a passing civilian car . |
| 27 | Windows can have their heat loss cut down by double glazing and , in the US by storm windows , but it is expensive . |
| 28 | It has survived well in my cold garden , coming again from the base , even when cut down by severe weather . |
| 29 | The unit will not corrode and does not have the sharp beam pattern cut off of modern halogen lights . |
| 30 | Her little shriek was cut off with unerring accuracy by the simple expedient of covering her mouth with his , and she gave up her struggles and surrendered , her foolish heart only too grateful for the crumbs he offered . |