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Sentence Examples Many states, feeling the pinch, cut back their funding to local governments, dealing them a double whammy. I think you ought to cut back on the fruitcake, perhaps toss back a tasty rhubarb and turnip smoothie. All very well is the advice to cut back decaying and gone-over plants, but my penstemons, rudbeckia, etc are still nice and green. I'm sure that I'm not persuasive enough to convince anyone to cut back and spend more wisely. Use loppers or secateurs and cut back last year's growth to within just two buds from the main framework. It was really getting a lot darker now so I cut back to tickover and began to lose height to come in to land. Trim up overhanging foliage from surrounding plants and simultaneously cut back any stray grass runners before they take root in adjacent beds. February is when city slickers prune their roses and fruit trees, cut back their blackberry vines, and tug up bamboo runners. Long stems of summer flowering hardy jasmine that protrude from their support can be cut back to tidy them up. After the first hard freeze, cut back perennials such as aster, campanula, daylily, phlox, and veronica, leaving 6-inch stubs above the ground. If you're overspending then you'll know it's time to tighten your belt, cut back on the non-essentials and get out of debt. Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank plans to cut back some of its branches. It covered all of the lower torso and upper lower body, and cut back into a curve across the legs opposite the shoulder strap. Dig up and store tender bulbs from your summer garden, and cut back the worn-out perennials and biennials. A big cut back in the number of council vans which we see all over the town would save a large amount of money. Likewise, the misers at the Department of Finance will stifle their giggles when consumer agencies start advising us to cut back and save. Move bins and plant troughs, and cut back plants, which may all offer shelter to slugs, away from the door. Farmers have indicated their intention to modestly cut back the biotech share of planted acreage. In the fruit garden, blackcurrants that weren't pruned in the summer can be cut back by a third. The online crowd cut back on television time, watching the tube 4.5 fewer hours per week than the no-Net group did. Show More Sentences While college tuitions have soared 30 percent in the last four years, scholarship grants have been cut back. Fertilize monthly when plant is flowering but cut back to every two months in the fall and winter. Perhaps we might get a redundancy payment, but then our unemployment benefit would be cut back. After France cut back on economic aid and withdrew its troops in the mid-1990s, there has been a series of army mutinies and coup attempts. Profits at have more than halved as recession-hit firms cut back on champagne and a weak Pound hits booze cruises to its French stores. The gardener got quite snippy and started lecturing me about the law and asserting that she had a legal right to cut back the trees in her yard. You drastically cut back on basic necessities such as food or travel to pay creditors. And then when she solves the mystery, they cut back to her revealing it to the interested parties, a father and son. If they appear stressed and browned by drought, most will rejuvenate after a good cut back and regular watering. Overgrown grass verges will be cut back after councils backtracked over the service. They will also downsize their operations and cut back on both capital and advertising spend. While kudzu extract won't magically turn alcoholics into non-drinkers, it might help others cut back on booze. If you gradually cut back on added sugar you may even find that a peach or an apple hits the spot. Each notice said that the Board had no alternative but to cut back production and reduce costs. McManus raced to the byeline and cut back this time across the face of the goal. She has since cut back on her hours and the distances she travels to spend more time with her family. If you're trying to cut back on coffee or caffeinated beverages, do it gradually. So I added berries to my oatmeal, packed whole-grain sandwiches for lunch, ate low-sodium legumes with dinner and cut back on processed foods. That wouldn't even support the governor's stogie habit, even if he cut back to two decent cigars a day. The categories dictate how the walls of excavations and trenches are cut back or sloped. Show More Sentences Government has forsworn prices and incomes policies and cut back subsidies for industry. I took the hint and cut back on the hooch, and pretty soon the headache faded. In the provision of boundary fencing, some heavy, overhanging tree or hedge branches may need to be cut back, to allow sufficient access. One concerns my conclusion that the Kirk's overseas mission should be cut back drastically. It was hard times for a few years as many companies had overspent and then cut back on spending, he said. Whether it's crafty gift ideas or online bargains, there are plenty of ways to cut back on costs without feeling all bah, humbug. She said council staff had cut back to a stump a tree that young people were known to climb on as they clambered up the cliff. If Seven are wise, they'll cut back on hyping up the series too much, because nothing will turn people off like over-promotion. You don't necessarily have to go cold turkey, but you must cut back on your fast-food consumption. With all reports of the 1980's making a fashion comeback, will shoe tops be cut back as well? Even physical education for merely normal students is being cut back, eliminated. This year, as the market cooled and his business commitments intensified, he's cut back to about once a month. More worryingly, will Fairfax cut back on boring news stories in favour of all these advertiser-supported inserts and supplements? When you diet or cut back on your food intake your fat cells become more resilient to giving out fat. Broader efforts to cut back sprawl and promote energy conservation are just as important as personal economies. Parliament had cut back the monarchy to a constitutional role, and asserted its own sovereignty as the representative of the people. One way to get companies to cut back on share issues is to make them pay for them. It follows that foreign trade would be cut back to a fraction of what it is at present. If you cut back, your body shows signs of caffeine withdrawal, like headaches, crankiness and sleepiness. He definitely needs to cut back, but he doesn't have to forsake his principles to do that. Show More Sentences If you find you're getting jittery or having trouble sleeping at night, cut back or switch to decaf versions. Several drug industry leaders have spoken over the past few years about the need to cut back their giant sales forces. We cut back to the splitscreen view so we can also see the studio anchorman, who's obviously similarly at a loss by the outburst of profanity. Penalty rates, which once acted as a limited deterrent to employers demanding excessive overtime, were either scrapped or severely cut back. Dieters often cut back on protein in an effort to reduce calories and lose weight. After years of rubber-stamping, courts are beginning to cut back on the use of eminent domain for private parties. Two years ago it was with great difficulty removed from its pot, its roots cut back and fresh ericaceous compost added. If planting in the fall when dormant, cut back existing roots to about three inches. At winter's end and just before new growth begins, cut back perennials and prune evergreens. If the shrub is still too tall, cut back the stems to just above a strong side shoot. He cut back on to his left foot before driving the ball across for Derek Nicol to head home. After flowering, if there are no ornamental seed heads, the flowering stems may be cut back to a leaf joint to remove the faded flowers. Let us assume that you have decided, at least for the time being, to stop or cut back your addictive behavior. And employers, faced with falling demand and dwindling margins, cut back on salaries, raises, benefits, and other perks. The provider may recommend that the pregnant woman cut back on her activities and avoid aerobic exercise. That sense of vulnerability has prompted many businesses to cut back on air travel. The worrying thing for holidaymakers and travel agents is the cut back on flights by major tour operators. The Yurok and Hoopa cut back on their annual quotas, to protect future runs. After spring flowering, remove twiggy growth and cut back laterals to three buds. Branches are cut back to laterals that are at least one-third the diameter of the limb being removed. Show More Sentences Forsythia and winter jasmine are also fast growers and so, as they finish flowering can be cut back, although not as hard as the lavatera. Mandela has cut back significantly on public appearances since announcing his formal retirement in June to spend more time with his family. Once all the flowers on a stem have faded, it can be cut back and with luck, a new spike will be waiting to take its place. Your monthly income must cover the outgo, and if it doesn't, you cut back. It needs space to look its best but can be grown in a confined area if some of the stems are cut back and it is grown through a support of some sort. Chipotle noted in a recent investor letter that they might cut back on their signature guacamole because of avocado scarcity. He urged people to cut back overhanging trees and hedges, avoid parking on the pavement, and think carefully about the positioning of wheelie bins. When the economy gains speed and interest rates rise, as they have, it's only natural that homeowners cut back on turning their housing wealth into cash. Meritz also believes that the major memory producers will soon begin to cut back on production in a bid to prevent the downward spiral of DRAM prices. The Volcker Rule, a component of the far-reaching Dodd-Frank law, required large banks to cut back on proprietary trading. Some are trail-worn twenty-somethings from the Forest Service, who turn up to dig out a rockslide, cut back a deadfall, or rescue a stranded hiker. And the big toy chains are hopeful that while mom and dad may cut back on other parts of the family budget, they'll continue to splurge on toys for junior. Green foliage must remain on any branches of junipers that are cut back. I need to cut back my pampas grass and prune my crape myrtles. Annual climbers such as sweet peas can be supported by a wigwam made from bamboo or by twiggy prunings taken from coloured stemmed dogwoods and other shrubs cut back in March. Since the goal in most developed countries is less carbon than is now emitted, emitters will have to cut back their emissions or buy the rights to emit from someone else. Burned in recent years by huge unsold inventories of movie merchandise and fearful of the slowing economy, everyone from toymakers and retailers to moviemakers has cut back. We have also cut back to using just one car, since my DH's truck is a gas guzzler. As soon as flowers die, cut back plants to 6 inches from the soil level. However, calories are calories, and to lose weight, you need to cut back. Show More Sentences The MSP began a new line of attack in talking of a bloated bureaucracy, the need to reduce the size of government and a promise to cut back the ministerial payroll. A new leader cannot develop on plants that have been cut back too far. The shoots of all plants were cut back to about 20-25 cm above the soil. If we ask for undergrowth to be cut back and litter to be dealt with on a particular path we are as often as not told it is a leisure services responsibility. These measures would, moreover, sharply reduce revenue to money-strapped state governments, counteracting the Federal stimulus by forcing many of them to cut back on spending. He requested that the dangerous dip be taken out of the road at White's Cross, Lower Meelick and that the ditches be cut back to improve visibility at this junction. But previous attempts to persuade the duke to cut back on his workload have fallen on deaf ears. Finally, as resources become more depleted, individuals cut back in food quantity to the point where they may not eat at all because of lack of food. The first time she cut back on her medications, she had a grand mal seizure in her bathroom and knocked out her front teeth. The first is that you have been strong-minded enough to cut back the early herbaceous plants such as oriental poppies, delphiniums, geraniums and lupins. The decision to cut back followed an audit by independent consultants. On probably 75 percent of its running plays, Ohio State wants to run to the weak side of the offensive line, allowing the tailback to cut back to the strong side. Mature plants, such as sweet marjoram, lavender, and scented geraniums, should be cut back by about one-third their full height to make them more manageable. Like alcoholics, gambling addicts are often secretive, irritable, and unable to cut back. This is something I have a hard time doing, but I am going to try to at least cut back the flowers before the pale-stemmed plants go to seed this year! Once the fronds have given off their spores, they die and can be cut back. In the past, I have cut back blackened pittosporums and been delightfully surprised to see a full recovery over the next seasons. He called on federal efforts to cut back on the amount of high fructose corn syrup in American diets. John cut back on his hobby of photography because post processing was so time-consuming and frustrating. Since the 1980s the social security has been cut back, but still the system is one of the most comprehensive in the world. Show More Sentences As the astrantias are cut back we are also collecting seed from the aquilegias that we have all around the garden. You can boost your intake of lysine by eating red meat and fish and cut back on arginine by avoiding chocolate, cheese and nuts. The visitors went ahead after 53 minutes when David Rowson burst into the box cut back a perfect ball to give Buchanan a tap-in. Despite Badfinger's success, Apple was facing troubled times and its operations were being cut back by Klein. The willow was harvested using a traditional method of pollarding, where a tree would be cut back to the main stem. On 17 September 1966 regular steam train operation at Ryde Pier Head ceased, the service being temporarily cut back to Esplanade. The ancient species is cut back regularly to create decorative topiary which helps attract thousands of visitors every year. Poor quality shoots are better cut back to reshoot again as growing conditions improve. These lantanas are extremely durable and should be cut back hard every other year or so in order to clean them up and generate new growth. When the driver of the Chevy cut back to the right, he overcompensated and lost control of his vehicle. The visitors went ahead in 53 minutes when David Rowson burst into the box and cut back a perfect ball to give Buchanan a tap-in. Without guaranteed playdates for their films, the studios cut back on production drastically. We need to cut back heavily on office supplies. Is there another vendor we can use? The survey by BBC English Regions suggested that almost one in ten of the workforce in some councils could be vulnerable as authorities are forced to cut back. Monopolies were cut back severely, and the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission were abolished by the Habeas Corpus Act 1640 and the Triennial Act respectively. But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches. A flap of skin on his upper leg had been cut back, exposing the muscles, and the exposed arteries had not been severed but were flattened, pulsing with Huskisson's heartbeat. So for a potential bridleway, if the grass is cut, or a hedge cut back, this could constitute street works for the purpose of this section, so enabling it to be used. At the same time, the 1,500 V electrification on the Altrincham line was cut back to Oxford Road, as the newer system was extended there from the south. It took just nine minutes to nose ahead as Ben Pugh's cut back fell appetisingly for the revitalised Adam Walker to cosily slip a low shot past Jimmy Severn. Show More Sentences This is also a good time to cut back shrubs such as wisterias. Milner advised that people at risk for kidney stones should cut back on foods that contain high concentrations of oxalates, such as spinach, chocolate, rhubarb and nuts. These days Gazpachos are far more refined and you can safely cut back on the chillies, although a blast of Tabasco certainly gives them that extra zing. Now the rarely seen bladderwort is thriving in areas where reeds and rushes have been cut back, allowing light to get to these strange carnivorous plants. If you have the muscles to lift it, the large 27mm blade gap and super sharp double-sided teeth make light work of unruly hedges in need of an annual cut back. The marketing director for an Idaho seed potato cooperative believes growers must cut back acreage this year to reduce the surplus that is depressing prices. So there are no plans to cut back until the cult of the Chav has abated? Japan has already had to cut back on fishing for flying squid in the Northwest Pacific, as conventional methods appear to have depleted the species. The credit crunch has hit these distributors hardest and it is likely that a number of bancassurers cut back their advertising efforts in light of its effects. Their comments suggest that many stores have cut back on regular checkout help before enough shoppers were sold on the idea of waiting in line for self-check terminals. Examples from Classical Literature Once hidden from their eyes, he could cut back and head for the underground entrance to the service station. I cut back to Carrie Johnstone, the footage of her sitting at the board table with Rooney, laughing. Prune climbing and rambling roses and cut back hybrid tea roses and floribundas to reduce damage from windrock. Andrea Enria, chairman of the European Banking Authority, has said that banks would not be allowed to cut back on loan dispersals. Don't mess around with scraggly rose 6 Is it OK to cut back shrub roses hard? It is potted, cut back and taken in the house through the winter. I WAS annoyed to read about the poor kids in Selby whose playtimes have been cut back after complaints about the noise. I might have been if David Cameron had come over all righteous anger BEFORE he trousered the money to cut back his wistaria, but not afterwards. If there's any advice that experts agree on, it's that people should cut back on saturated fat. A Regrettably, Cytisus or broom as it is commonly known, cannot be cut back hard. The usual justification for cutting trainingcosts is that to protect modernization we can afford to cut back on readiness. His clever cut back to the edge of the six-yard box was met by Smith with the crispest of side-footed volleys which left Anderlecht keeper Zvonko Milojevic with no hope. A Ideally the best time to prune the large macrophylla hydrangeas, be they the Lace cap or hortensia types, is spring, when the stems should be cut back to ground level. Many mid-range positions, observes Carolyn Paschal, president of Carolyn Smith Paschal International, are being eliminated as companies continue to cut back. Find more words! 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