Sentence examples for has been lopped from inspiring English sources
Like Leonardo's portrait of de' Benci's daughter Ginevra, the "Adoration" has been lopped off at the bottom, simply sliced out of its original frame.
But fish and amphibians can grow new fins or limbs, and the zebra fish, which has been adopted by researchers as a laboratory organism, can even regenerate its heart after the bottom fifth has been lopped off.
In the same period, half a point has been lopped off our panel's prediction for German growth this year.In this section PRICES AND WAGES FORECASTS COMMODITY PRICE INDEX OUTPUT, DEMAND AND JOBS Reprints.
The academic year has been lopped to a mere four months (in some cases just three), while teaching material, affordable housing and capable lecturers are in very short supply.In this section Arresting Now for the big one Indonesia's worried leader Minutes of the calamity club Breakthrough in Kashmir?
In the past three years, more than $7 billion in cumulative spending has been lopped from Virginia budgets, dealing severe blows to the state's colleges and universities; its ability to build and maintain roads and bridges; its support for localities and schools; and social services of every description.
The bottom third of the homepage has been "lopped off" because Yahoo wants to focus on the few tasks that users commonly perform on a daily basis.
The company has been lopping costs, plus its size and reach should provide an advantage; Ingram serves 100 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia.
Some said it resembles a Volkswagen Beetle whose front and rear ends have been lopped off.
Pax Jolie-Pitt, 7, had a similar long, straight 'do that seems to have been lopped off in recent photos.
The wreckage is still visible: the tops of banyan trees have been lopped off, roofs ripped away and churches flattened.
