Example sentences of "[adv prt] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The street price of that little lot , cut down into 40-milligram bags , would be half a million pounds . |
| 2 | Taylor believed in the division of labour since tasks could be broken down into simple repetitive jobs . |
| 3 | The way she spoke , all words were broken down into distinct syllables . |
| 4 | In order to study the growth rates in more detail , the data were broken down into annual figures , ( See Table 4 ) . |
| 5 | Any sentence can be broken down into immediate sub-units which themselves have reasonably independent status as coherent wholes , whose combination produces the original sentence . |
| 6 | The royal bride was looking gracefully down into dark water : the caption said : where brook and river meet . |
| 7 | The strong linear flavour emphasizes , of course , the flatness of the picture plane and this effect is further strengthened by the fact that the entire picture surface is broken down into angular forms of almost equal size , which are all dealt with in the same vigorous technique . |
| 8 | Then when you get down into Well Bottom . |
| 9 | The kiss deepened , driving her hard down into total despair . |
| 10 | Although most departments have drawn up plans , many areas of departmental work can not easily be broken down into discrete cost centres . |
| 11 | For internal management control purposes a annual budget will normally be broken down into discrete quarterly , monthly or even shorter periods . |
| 12 | The introduction of newly-developed linings that can be pushed down into crumbling sewers to extend their life is widely touted as bringing the cost of renovating the nation 's sewers down somewhere nearer to what impoverished water authorities can afford . |
| 13 | Her hand strayed to touch his short thick hair , a small yelp of surprise escaping her as her wrist was grasped by strong fingers and she found herself looking down into alert blue eyes . |
| 14 | It is likely too that non-manufacturing activities need to be broken down into major cost-driver categories . |
| 15 | Until recently , it was considered safe and environmentally acceptable to dump household waste in the ground where , left to decay , it would break down into harmless by-products and cause no problems . |
| 16 | Following the Thames Water Authority 's lead , but with some significant embellishments , the EPA broke Chesapeake Bay and its drainage basin/catchment area down into geographical , biological and chemical units , keeping in mind that each unit works dynamically with the others . |
| 17 | The secret is to break the pattern down into familiar forms . |
| 18 | They sped onwards , down from Repulse Bay , then up the steep , winding mountain roads to the peak , the old walls of mid-levels giving a view straight down into Central District , the heart of money and power in Hong Kong , its white skyscrapers shrouded in faint sunlit mist and the shimmer of humid heat . |
| 19 | Later , she and Damian drove down into Central District to buy her engagement ring . |
| 20 | Other retro favourites are flares and bell-bottoms , such as all-in-one Barbarella-style pants suits , skimming the body down into gentle flares . |
| 21 | Geological finds and things well , erm very often some of You 'll find that some of the isotopes are radioactive and they break down into other things . |
| 22 | The confidence challenge tension leads educators to simplify the tasks given to low-attaining pupils , to break things down into tiny , anodyne steps . |
| 23 | As she drove home by all the familiar back roads that shortened the distance to Kileady , the shopping euphoria dropped down into black anxiety . |
| 24 | To be useful , crime rates must be broken down into specific categories of offences . |
| 25 | The overall goal of ‘ increasing social contacts ’ , just like ‘ having more money ’ , can be broken down into specific objectives and activities . |
| 26 | The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage . |
| 27 | Then he was touched on the head by a rebirther and broke down into uncontrollable sobs . |
| 28 | The broad Shetlander identity can also be broken down into various sorts of identities . |
| 29 | The development department is broken down into product-oriented sectors which , in turn , are divided into discipline-oriented units . |
| 30 | They then look at that figure , break it down into separate realistic amounts achievable in various ways and set up the systems that are going to raise that cash . |