Example sentences of "down [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's down for next September , ’ Maudie replied over her shoulder , and vanished quickly up the stairs . |
| 2 | Only down for last darts match . |
| 3 | ‘ I saw it at the doctor 's on the board — an ’ I wrote it down after last week — I did n't know what else to do . |
| 4 | If you do n't have a concrete area in front of your stables , move heaven and earth to get one down before next winter ! |
| 5 | That dropped me down from second place . ’ |
| 6 | The NERC 's chairman , John Knill , warned that its research programme would have to be scaled down from next year , unless fresh government funds were forthcoming . |
| 7 | In 1992 the forecasters reckon that economic growth in the 13 countries will average 2.6% , down from last month 's forecast of 2.7% . |
| 8 | The company seems to have been forgiven for its oil spill in the Mersey estuary in 1989 ; it came third in ‘ community and environmental responsibility ’ , only one place down from last time . |
| 9 | Our health and safety performance in 1992 was very encouraging with lost time incidents and the associated frequency index both substantially down from last year . |
| 10 | It has done just 3000 miles and the gearbox is very stiff when changing up from second to third gear , but not when changing down from fourth to third , Do you think it will loosen up in time ? |
| 11 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 12 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 13 | Ireland 's Conor Henry , last year 's overall winner , went down in sixth place overall and looks likely to have to settle for a placing . |
| 14 | No , they 've put them down in third division now . |
| 15 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 16 | But companies are reporting that orders are still down on last year , with no sign from the catering industry that it is in a position to re-equip the dining room . |
| 17 | The chief executive , Partick Dromgoole , said sales in September were down on last year . |
| 18 | Almost a third of group profits are earned overseas , interest and tax charges are down on last year and gearing stands at 13 per cent . |
| 19 | The Grand National day attendance of 55,383 was nearly 1,000 down on last year and the total attendance over the three days , 87,859 , was also marginally down on 1991 . |
| 20 | The Conservative share of the vote was scarcely down on last time ; Mr Major 's mandate is secure . |
| 21 | At the half-year stage profits are expected to be down on last year — around £35m against £39m . |
| 22 | Thomson , whose companies include Horizon , Skytours , OSL , HCI and Wings , announced its new prices as it was revealed that bookings for 1993 are already 10 per cent down on last year . |
| 23 | Current levels of consignment are running below budget with analysts lowering fourth quarter aggregate estimates to $460 down from previous estimates of $500 million and down on last year 's figure of $493 million . |
| 24 | Output will grow by only 2.2% this year , well down on last October 's prediction of 3.6% . |
| 25 | Yet the fact is that Poland 's industrial production figures for March 1990 are 30% down on last year and the minister of labour , Jacek Kuron , forecasts 1.7m unemployed by the end of the year . |
| 26 | Total cattle slaughterings in the province were 3pc down on last year but there were increased slaughterings of young bulls and steers . |
| 27 | This year we need to show a 5% increase but are currently 200 down on last year . |
| 28 | It 's still , it 's been , in the first two months it 's been going down on last year in volume terms . |
| 29 | Penguin U K is gaining sale and market share and in North America the sales are only slightly down on last year , which was a very exceptional year anyway . |
| 30 | Yes er , the F the F T er , did improve er , Les Echo improved , Recolleters improved , the Economist was slightly down on last year , but remember , the Economist were at record profits last year and erm , so even maintaining their , their profits or just dropping is a good performance . |