Example sentences of "[modal v] cut down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Must cut down on the bloody fags , ’ he told himself . |
| 2 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 3 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 4 | Consider what you could eat more of , as well as what you should cut down on . |
| 5 | We should cut down on red meat , always choose lean cuts and eat more white meats , such as chicken and turkey . |
| 6 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 7 | However , it is generally agreed that we should cut down on fat and ear more foods containing complex carbohydrates ( starch and fibre-rich foods ) and include lots of fresh vegetables , fruit and a sensible amount of protein . |
| 8 | Internally , the routine use of electronic mail should cut down the amount of paper which passes between staff , and may reduce workload on support staff . |
| 9 | I mean I do n't think there particularly well paid , but they , there well paid for what they flipping well do cos they do n't , they , they , they 'll do it , but I mean eh , that 's the fault of the bosses , they should cut down there staff . |
| 10 | Storming up and down the place saying just give me one last script , you ca n't cut me dead and ca n't you give me something and I 'll cut down on this last one and all this . |
| 11 | Anything 'll cut down if it has to . |
| 12 | and erm , Debbie and Richard with a prospect of another family on the way , as it , every year we say we 'll cut down and every year it seems to get out of hand |
| 13 | She was making a nice neat pile of the stuff she 'd cut down , while she made a right mess of the pathways I 'd so carefully set up . |
| 14 | she said they 'd they 'd cut down on boozing and everything . |
| 15 | I mean they 'd cut down on defence |
| 16 | Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained |
| 17 | You know I said she 'd cut down her plant like I had |
| 18 | But erm we could cut down an awful lot of these accidents and erm it does n't matter at the end of the day what level it is . |
| 19 | A few simple measures could cut down sharply on theft and vandalism of council properties . |
| 20 | It is sometimes argued that the loss of lambs is partly the shepherd 's fault : that greater care for the flock would cut down losses to predators . |
| 21 | and would cut down on traffic flows . |
| 22 | Whoever wrote it or designed those basic garments knew that you would be struggling to learn all you could in the shortest possible time and that to give you concise diagrams and stitch and row numbers would cut down any need for extra calculations by you . |
| 23 | ‘ If you are to go into this business in a big way , you want to think of buying in ready-made uppers for men 's boots , that would cut down the work a lot , mind . ’ |
| 24 | Despite many rumblings that the changes would cut down on passing and crowd drivers into the walls , the race was one of the most competitive , as well as one of the safest , in recent years . |
| 25 | This would cut down on the number of naps , foists and pickpockets who plagued these places like the locusts of Egypt . |
| 26 | Erm , Mr mentioned about erm , the new provisions would cut down the paperwork , work and put more policemen on , police on the beat . |
| 27 | In addition to maintaining positive plant health , there are several ways to avoid the probability of serious pest attacks , or at least lessen their impact , which in turn will cut down on the need to apply pesticides . |
| 28 | Now I know there are some fish willing to feed I will cut down my feed rate to a dozen maggots only when I cast in . |
| 29 | By making money follow the pupil , LMS will encourage good schools and penalise bad ones ; and by delegating budgets to individual heads , it will cut down on time-wasting bureaucracy . |
| 30 | It 's easy to install , will cut down fuel bills and is manufactured using less power than is needed to make traditional insulation . |