Example sentences of "[verb] cut [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been self-consciously policy-oriented and has fed directly into the political debate with a series of prescriptions which involve cutting back the activities of the state and changing the nature of democracy in Britain . |
| 2 | But they 'll come in if we want cutting out and cos they get their own rate . |
| 3 | Pub landlords say cutting down on young drinkers stops trouble . |
| 4 | It beats cutting up cushions any day . ’ |
| 5 | His hair needs cutting though , look at it . |
| 6 | prune with spring , but , then , once the flowering that green one needs cutting back , but again it needs all the old wood taking out and the new wood in . |
| 7 | And what was a twenty thousand majority has cut massively , massively . |
| 8 | The river has cut deep meanders through the hills leaving a landscape of steep vine-clad banks , forested hills and gentle roads that seem to curl forever along the banks . |
| 9 | This is a seven-headed coiled serpent facing the hero , who may be horned , holding aloft two heads he has cut away ( fig. 14.29 ) . |
| 10 | THE recession has cut dramatically the number of alcohol-related crimes . |
| 11 | 12.55:THIS race has cut up quite badly and it will be a major surprise if LORD RELIC does not collect . |
| 12 | Intel Corp has cut up to $100 off the price of its OverDrive Processors . |
| 13 | The race has cut up badly with virtually no other opposition from England although the Irish team is a strong one , but Opera House , who is trained by Michael Stoute looks to have the credentials to take this one in style and give a rejuvenated Michael Roberts another big race success . |
| 14 | Tough action has cut down football hooliganism . |
| 15 | The sale of some companies — the Belgian subsidiaries , for instance — has cut down the need for audit , as have some reorganisations . |
| 16 | PLAYGROUP organiser Pat Brown has cut down on holiday postcards — by taking all her neighbours away with her . |
| 17 | The river has cut down through 6,000 feet of the Colorado Plateau , exposing a quarter of the earth 's geological history . |
| 18 | Another Greek has cut down a Trojan who falls under the handle , leading us to the other side . |
| 19 | When a man has cut down a bamboo it becomes a straight pole with a cylindrical hole down the middle , but that is not how it appears in the wild . |
| 20 | It has cut down our industries in comparison with those of our competitors to too great a degree . |
| 21 | The Economic and Social Research Council has cut back work on the 1991 census and its ‘ positive health ’ centre for health promotion . |
| 22 | A series of international agreements has cut back dumping in the North Sea , to the point where it will be virtually eliminated by 1998 , and outlawed incineration at sea . |
| 23 | ‘ Salamanca has cut back on its staff , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Allen claimed the Government has cut back on its training budget . |
| 25 | Ignoring this , the present Government has cut back on the already poorly resourced Youth Training and Employment Training programme . |
| 26 | Frederica Freer has cut out the messy business by photographing the endpapers of 18th- and 19th-century books from the collection in her Gloucestershire house and turning the prints into postcards . |
| 27 | Distribution control has cut out two layers from the chain , given PTGI greater control of retail stock levels — and increased margins . |
| 28 | This year a conditioner was added and it has cut more than 325ha ( 800 acres ) . |
| 29 | These blades are horribly sharp , so sharp in fact that one form has not needed sharpening in eight years and has cut around 200,000 straps ! |
| 30 | EXHAUSTED Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford has cut short his US concert tour performing the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber . |