Example sentences of "cut off [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of dead and injured was expected to rise as rescue teams reached more outlying regions cut off due to the widespread destruction of roads and bridges . |
| 2 | When the fainter member passes in front of the brighter , it naturally cuts off some of the light , and Algol ‘ winks ’ . |
| 3 | He sacrifices four lambs at the base of the li ga , then takes two inside and kills them by slitting open the throat and the chest and cutting off one of the forelegs at the shoulder , so the heart can be taken out , still pumping , and offered to the god on a plate on the dhāmi 's raised seat . |
| 4 | Thus the existence of coalition served to divide the collective leadership by separating those who had power and influence from those who did not , by separating the senior men from their junior colleagues and by cutting off those under the Prime Minister 's influence from the rest . |
| 5 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 6 | Recently a major new canal has been made to cut off some of the tributary rivers . |