Sentence examples for method of slashing from inspiring English sources

Although Mr. Bloomberg spent his entire career in the private sector, it was never his style, even during rough patches, to apply the traditional corporate method of slashing costs and eliminating jobs.

Bank of America is in the process of slashing 30,000 jobs companywide.

In sum, Labour accused Mr Swinney of slashing jobs.

On the back, in the shoulder areas there are also signs of slashing.

Traditionally, most of the indigenous population practised jhum method (a type of slash-and-burn) of cultivation.

At one point she contemplates a conclusive method of suicide: take an overdose, slash one's wrists and then hang oneself.

Berzerkers are formidable warriors who prefer the olden methods of warfare: hacking and slashing through anything that moves.

Nelson and Grunebaum, talking of apparently genuine 'suicide attempts', observed that wrist slashing is 'a notoriously poor method of suicide' (1971 13488).

Another reason for forest depletion is the slash-and-burn method of cultivation employed by the poorest farmers.

From then to about 1200 ce, Bantu settlement patterns spread, as did ironworking and the slash-and-burn method of cultivation.

The Hmong (called Miao in China) and Mien (called Yao in China) peoples of southeastern Yunnan make up a separate linguistic group; they are hill dwellers whose traditional shifting (slash-and-burn) method of clearing land for cultivation has been replaced by more sedentary farming practices.