Example sentences of "cut down on [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam .
2 Underlay forms a necessary cushion between carpet and floor which helps to even the wear , absorb sound and cut down on heat loss .
3 One idea Claris has taken from its Apple Mac software is the tear-off sheets , which cut down on mouse movement
4 Tobacco kills vitamins and lowers the body 's resistance to disease , particularly to air-borne viruses — a side effect you should be aware of if you are cutting down on body-building food intake — and it also has a depressant effect on appetite .
5 Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says .
6 Object class descriptions and rules for monitoring are sent to the agents and are stored so that the agents do n't need to communicate with the console except to report alerts and graphing data , cutting down on network traffic , the company says .
7 By cutting down on routine paperwork we would hope to be able to increase the level of ‘ customer contact ’ , which would improve the service and provide staff with more job satisfaction .
8 Big people who weigh a lot and eat a lot tend to shed weight very easily and speedily when they start cutting down on calorie intake .
9 Benefits such as good facilities can make it worth travelling farther ; it 's amazing how a well-designed yard can cut down on working time .
10 We can cut down on paper production and waste by , wherever possible , using re-cycled paper instead .
11 Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs .
12 Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall .
13 An attempt was made to take advantage of the morphological structure of words to cut down on storage space and search time .
14 In order to cut down on salt intake , first remove salt containers from the table .
15 A specified amount appears to be necessary because of a common tendency to cut down on book provision work whenever there is pressure on staff time .
16 For less than £10 you can buy an approved 80mm ( 3inch ) tank jacket to cut down on heat loss .
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