Example sentences of "cut [prep] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can still put across simple , direct feelings which cut through all the nonsense that goes into the selling of it . |
| 2 | Amitha : It was the Equal Opportunities Policy which cut through all the contradictions . |
| 3 | That was provided by the French foreign minister , Robert Schuman , who in May 1950 cut through all the objections and hesitations within the European debate to propose a pooling of coal and steel resources . |
| 4 | If one cuts through all the technicalities and complexities of the document , which has actually gone to the Social Security Advisory Committee , it is perfectly clear that that was the core intention behind the Government 's move . |
| 5 | Distracting him does n't work ; talking to him nicely does n't work ; in the end , only a slap on the leg cuts through all the tension and nagging . |
| 6 | Last year , it cut by half the quota allocated to foreign fleets ; a further reduction of 35 per cent is due in 1991 . |
| 7 | Here then , cutting through all the waffle , is a concise run-down of what makes a board work . |
| 8 | It came from within the cottage , a quiet sound , but cutting through all the noise from outside . |
| 9 | A NEW TYPE of railway could cut by half the cost of new metros to relieve our crowded city streets . |
| 10 | The doctor cut off all the drugs he was taking with no ill effects . |
| 11 | Many can be reached only by walking , for several days along precarious footpaths and they may be cut off half the year by snow . |
| 12 | Other authors , e.g. Challinor ( 1949 ) , have expressed quite opposite views , maintaining that the wavecut bench is cut at such a level as not to impede the action of the waves at the foot of the cliff , so that long continued marine planation may occur . |
| 13 | To save money the government has now cut by one-third the money it is spending on the resettlement area . |
| 14 | There was a further easing of monetary policy on April 4 , 1991 , when interest rates were cut by half a percentage point to 11.5 per cent . |
| 15 | On 5 May UK bank base rates were cut by half a point to 10% , but further falls in interest rates may have to wait until Germany begins to cut its rates . |
| 16 | As a rule of thumb , if the growth rate in industrial economies falls by one percentage point , the export growth of all developing countries will be I h points lower , and their GNP growth cut by half a point . |
| 17 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |