Example sentences of "cut back the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then cut back the pipe tails to the old radiator position , and cap off the pipe ends . |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't your door you opened , ’ cut back the Exec Director sharply . |
| 3 | Sara cut back the scream . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For example , gully erosion can be treated by mechanical means ( e.g. a masonry drop structure with apron ) , cutting back the gully head to stable ground and planting it to grass and/or trees , and following a variety of agronomic measures above the gully to reverse practices which brought about sheet and then gully erosion in the first place . |
| 6 | Despite much talk of cutting back the state , the central government 's annual output of new rules and changes to the old ones has risen by 8% since 1985 . |
| 7 | Above S * it is worth cutting back the tree since the marginal cost ( and hence the compensation ) exceeds the marginal benefit . |
| 8 | As concern over state expenditure mounted , governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways . |
| 9 | I passed an old man cutting back the undergrowth with a rusty scythe . |
| 10 | Despite cutting back the undergrowth to keep routes open , footpads and other outlaws haunted most lonely stretches of road . |
| 11 | Cutting back the undergrowth encourages the seedlings to grow . |
| 12 | To repair concrete steps , remove loose material using a cold chisel , cutting back the concrete to leave as square on edge as possible . |
| 13 | The only important road works that had to be carried out on the Penge lines comprised widening and strengthening the bridge over the railway at Anerley Station , cutting back the forecourts of Penge Police Station and property adjoining Penge Station ( I.B.S.C. Railway ) . |
| 14 | Cutting back the cheek lines ( above ) is best down with the head tilted on its side |
| 15 | Without cutting back the vines , too many of these pellets would be wasted , wedged in the vines ' dead or dying foliage . |
| 16 | If the law says that you must be compensated for any damage suffered , your neighbour will either have to pay up or cut back the tree . |
| 17 | Well if the Conservatives got in would you cut back the money allocated to recreation and would you cut back on the recreation services ? |
| 18 | Two Interim reports were published in January 1931 which further developed the principles , but economic retrenchment cut back the work . |
| 19 | Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak . |
| 20 | Titch had cut back the motor and was scanning the shoreline . |
| 21 | Yes , we could , if you wish actually cut back the complaint examiner time further because there is a clear , very clear , front runner , who Chris and I both believe is appointable , so if it was a question of getting somebody in more quickly , there is the option of not having the second interview , as long as you 're prepared to , you know , to forego that , to get somebody in quickly , but that , I mean that decision can be made at the time . |
| 22 | The trend towards tighter state budgets could be exploited to reduce the number of students in some over populated subjects and also to cut back the resources of non-productive researchers . |
| 23 | This was not a time to cut back the resources of the department which deals with the most acute form of social need , but a time to expand , provide more personnel , more finance , and more expertise . |
| 24 | For the last year , charity shops have had to cut back the number of toys they sell drastically because of new legislation . |
| 25 | A leading Loch Lomondside farmer , John Maxwell of Cashel Farm , said : ‘ It 's been a dreadful winter — one of the worst I can ever remember — with rain day after day and it just proves how wrong the Government were to cut back the HLCAs for hill use . ’ |