Example sentences of "down [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , much of the fall was due to share prices being marked down rather than a flood of selling and trading volume at just under 500 million shares was little above normal levels . |
| 2 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 3 | But what about movement that feels backwards rather than forwards , down rather than up ? |
| 4 | And unless someone possesses unique powers of extrasensory perception which enables him to influence the balls in the caller 's cabinet , character references are strictly irrelevant to the outcome of the jolly game of life in which eyes look down rather than upward for support . |
| 5 | If you press a key and hold it down rather than just tapping it , you will type the same character again and again ; or , if you are deleting text , you may delete more than you meant to — so keep your touch light . |
| 6 | drive slowly — it 's safer and it consumes less fuel ; avoid sudden stops and use the gears to slow down rather than making sudden brake stops |
| 7 | The problem of dieting without increased physical activity is that the BMR slows down rather than speeds up . |
| 8 | He made out a case for dressing down rather than up . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ Maybe this was in a fit of pique when the relationship was down rather than up . |
| 10 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 11 | The West Court has a paved entry from the north , but by way of steps down rather than a ramp up . |
| 12 | In this sense , a physics degree can indeed be a narrowing down rather than a broadening out . |
| 13 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 14 | It is often the case that the quality of the documents produced by someone adopting desktop publishing goes down rather than up . |
| 15 | I noticed that the plastic Seayak bobbed up , over and down rather than cutting through the swell . |
| 16 | She turned her head , staring at him , noting how he looked down rather than meet her eyes , and knew at once that he was lying to her . |
| 17 | Sometimes bad things hung on so it was possible to remember an outing as the day the car broke down rather than the day there was a barbecue on the beach and the party went on until the tide came in . |
| 18 | and for you to then actually have seen it sort of write it down rather than for someone just calling out to you . |
| 19 | As the problem which prompted the question has been resolved by the Inland Revenue , will my hon. Friend pass on to its staff the thanks of many Members of Parliament for dealing with issues that we have raised on behalf of our constituents and say that we hope that the problems will continue to decline as tax rates come down rather than go up ? |
| 20 | I 'd put the phone down rather than say the wrong thing and have my brother wreck yet another piece of Post Office property . |
| 21 | I mean if if you 're here even now you 've got your notes down rather than in your hand and and you stand and read but you do n't use that or you do n't use that then there is that tendency is n't there to ? |
| 22 | He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions . |
| 23 | And all this has happened with costs going down rather than up . |
| 24 | Perhaps you 'd like to sit down rather than sort of hover at the back , it 's up to you entirely but you may feel that you 're slightly uncomfortable . |
| 25 | it 'll be while you 're settling down rather when it 's your er |
| 26 | Afraid to move , even to breathe , she stared , mesmerised , as Pentry leaned down slowly until his lips met her cheek . |
| 27 | The analogy of a gun breaks down badly when we come to consider intermediate targets as shown in the drawing . |
| 28 | She was about to put the binoculars down ashamedly when he lifted his eyes from the paper . |
| 29 | A bag of popcorn and a seat at the edge of the circle could attract more attention down below than Flash Gordon . |
| 30 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |