In the end, the quota was indeed cut, but by a token amount: to 12,900 tonnes, a difference amounting to about two thousand big, old bluefins.
The narrative designed for internal consumption was fiction moulded around a kernel of fact: the pharaoh was indeed cut off from his army, he did face a chariot onslaught while outnumbered, and he did inflict casualties.
But if quantitative easing is, indeed, cut short, the risk premiums on long-term bonds will probably rise even further, because once the Fed is sidelined as a major purchaser, investors will need stronger inducements to hold the securities.
If it's true that Berlusconi and Trump, two showmen who have railed against immigrants, mocked women and targeted press freedom, are indeed cut from the same cloth, it may also be the case that few will understand liberal Americans' consternation in coming years like the Italians.
British Swimming's funding was, indeed, cut by £4m.
Given the recent plunge in oil prices, its capital spending and exploration budget was indeed cut by 12% in 2015 to $34 billion, and another 25% in 2016 to $23.2 billion.
Confirmation that they were indeed reduced cut it in half again.
CE, Wales A. The deposit guarantee is, indeed, being cut by £10,000 – but not until January.
Watch him through the lens of an overhead camera, and he proves conclusively that the art of winning is indeed to cut corners.
Two-thirds of the losses have been in local government - which helps explains why many people feel their "frontline services" are indeed being cut.
