Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] to size " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dispute took place after the English victory at Agincourt and at a time of growing alliance between Henry V and the Emperor Sigismund against the French , and there is little doubt that the principal French spokesman on the subject , Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly , was largely concerned with cutting the enemy down to size . |
| 2 | It is much more his business to stir up curiosity than to insist on acceptances. , Pound as critic cuts the critic down to size ; which is , one may think , a pressing need , now , in 1984 . |
| 3 | Creech Jones congratulated the committee on producing a constitution which would have the effect of cutting the CPP down to size . |
| 4 | I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was . |
| 5 | It 's a lot neater and we 've cut the door down to size so that |
| 6 | Lithuania defiantly votes to cut the party down to size . |