Example sentences of "[noun sg] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't tell me Henry did n't plan Stephen 's dash for the throne down to the last detail , because I 'll never believe it . |
| 2 | Many aspects of the diplomatic organisation of western and central Europe as it existed by the beginning of the seventeenth century continued with little essential change down to the French Revolution and indeed beyond . |
| 3 | The lane down to the harbour was steep ; the oncoming wind would be of positive benefit . |
| 4 | A BP oil tanker was blocking the narrow lane down to the Old Forge , towering over the thatched cottage to which it was attached by its pipe-line as though with an umbilical cord . |
| 5 | His professional engineering career started on the truck side , and he sees his task mainly as miniaturisation to bring all the advantages of power and economy enjoyed by the heavy goods diesel driver down to the size where they can also be of benefit to the motorist . |
| 6 | ‘ Owners complain about low prize money but there is no point in our executive putting up £25,000 with prize money down to fourth for a non-sponsored race if they wo n't support it . |
| 7 | Heather puts the loss of the money down to pure bad luck . |
| 8 | Yes , yeah , cos now , that , see she 's not here really for , for me to come and pay her so I have to take the money down to her house now . |
| 9 | Above this moving carpet , the sand in the air reduced visibility down to a hundred yards . |
| 10 | With visibility down to 25 yards in places , three motorists were killed in the M1 in Derbyshire . |
| 11 | The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet . |
| 12 | With visibility down to 15 yards , rescue teams struggled to reach the man , but a doctor pronounced him dead . |
| 13 | If he takes his clothes off , which he does not do very easily because it hurts so much , one sees open wounds from the top of his chest down to his toes . |
| 14 | Aeromagnetic surveys over the United Kingdom and the North Sea provide plentiful data on the intensity of the crustal anomaly field down to wavelengths of about 1 kilometre , but not on its direction . |
| 15 | An experienced headhunter could narrow the field down to short-list stage much more quickly and cost-effectively , Tagg argued . |
| 16 | A maximum gain of 100 and noise down to 90µV eliminate the need for a following amplifier in many cases , the gain being available in all operating modes . |
| 17 | Although I accept the necessity to improve traffic flows and safety on the M25 , may I ask my hon. Friend to take into account environmental considerations such as the need to keep noise down to a minimum ? |
| 18 | Even during piling an compacting , ‘ silent ’ plant equipment was selected to keep the noise down to an acceptable sound level . |
| 19 | So far the city is ringed by tunnels on three sides and the purpose of the ‘ Northern Foul Water Intercept ’ is to make a northern link between these tunnels and the main drain down to Avonmouth . |
| 20 | You would become accustomed to looking for the ambiguous and the turgid , to cutting the text down to its basic message . |
| 21 | To run cable down to light switches or to wall lights , it will usually be necessary to ‘ chase ’ slots in solid walls , though if you are rewiring a house which was originally wired in metal conduit , you may be able to use the existing conduit buried in the plaster leading to light switches to feed the cable down . |
| 22 | Their progress down to the Angharad was slow . |
| 23 | Will you commute or should I move my base down to London ? ’ |
| 24 | With regard to Eadmer 's emphasis on the negotiations between the king and the pope , it is important to remember that , although the material for the Historia Novorum down to 1100 was collected in Anselm 's lifetime , the final text belongs to the years after Anselm 's death . |
| 25 | As you start brushing , part the hair down to the skin and keep the unbrushed hair separate from the brushed coat . |
| 26 | The boys , the group I hung around with , had stinking matted hair down to their shoulders and wore decomposing school jackets , no ties , and flares . |
| 27 | For Lili , whose skin was nearly as white as Adam Verne-Smith 's , was more Indian than true Indians , wore the sari , grew her curly brown Austrian hair down to her waist and took language lessons from a Bengali neighbour of theirs . |
| 28 | Enya , who is at No. 11 with the haunting Book Of Days , reveals : ‘ I had hair down to my waist until I was 18 , then one day I cut it all off . |
| 29 | What could she possibly say to a beauty with thick hair down to her waist , wearing bright clothes , and gold bracelets up her arm ? |
| 30 | She had tawny blonde hair down to her shoulders and a rather thin face with high cheekbones and a wide mouth . |