dramatic cut

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticandcut

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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cut
noun
uk
/kʌt/us
/kʌt/
an injury made when the skin is cut with ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandcutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If we had entered at a more realistic rate, we should have seen a much more rapid anddramaticcutin interest rates.
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So we are still talking about adramaticcutof £6 billion to £8 billion in the defence budget.
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In particular, it was claimed that there would be adramaticcutin traffic.
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There has been adramaticcutin interest rates over the past year.
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The council has no need for adramaticcutin its services provided that it concentrates on its statutory obligations and streamlines its administration.
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I regret thedramaticcutin road projects which would often enable traffic to flow more smoothly, thereby reducing air pollution.
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The consequences of thatdramaticcutwill be dire.
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There has been adramaticcutin investment in maintenance, buildings and the replacement of collapsing land drainage systems.
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Adramaticcuthas been made in the guaranteed price for cereals of £31 per tonne.
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Thedramaticcutin hospital beds can only lead to a decline in patient care.
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The answer is that the deficit occurred because of a sudden anddramaticcutin funding, which came without warning, over the last few years.
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That person will suffer adramaticcutin state subsidy.
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It was an enormous burden for a hospital to have to achieve and it was difficult for a manager to make such adramaticcut.
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These workers have suffered over some 30 years adramaticcutin their manning levels.
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There has been adramaticcutin the supply of housing.
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There has been adramaticcutin expenditure on roads of more than local importance, which are often built around towns and villages where bypasses are most necessary.
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Time and again, manufacturers have told me and to my colleagues that there must be adramaticcutin interest rates.
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A policy of raising short-term interest rates, which imposes on the 8·5 million owner-occupying, mortgage-paying households adramaticcutin their standard of living, is not counter-inflationary.
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Local authorities are faced with adramaticcutin their capital allocation and an equallydramaticcut in the subsidy that they receive towards their revenue costs.
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That is adramaticcut.
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