Example sentences of "down from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the other hand , we were only working to rule , we were working by rules and regulations laid down from various Acts and negotiated er agreements . |
| 2 | That dropped me down from second place . ’ |
| 3 | The light flooded down from five roundels high up on the far long side , as though in a cathedral clerestory . |
| 4 | Mind you he come down from five hundred to two hundred and fifty so that 's helped a bit . |
| 5 | It caused quite a sensation in the camp and people were flocking down from far and wide to have a good view , so we were informed later . |
| 6 | All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on . |
| 7 | Our businesses held up in Scotland and the North of England with legal completions of 2439 , only seven per cent down from 1991 . |
| 8 | Completions in the Midlands and South of England were 3103 , 17 per cent down from 1991 figures , which reflected both reduced sales outlets as well as the more difficult market . |
| 9 | A. insectivore mandible ( ×20 ) ; B. broken tip of ascending ramus of insectivore mandible ( ×75 ) ; C. femur head with impact damage on edge of articular surface with a crack extending from it ( ×75 ) ; D. abraded edge of greater trochanter ( ×38 ) ; E. femur and pelvis ( ×11 ) ; F. broken end of femur shaft with little evidence of rounding ( ×75 ) ; G. broken end of pelvis with crack extending down from uneven break but little evidence of rounding ( ×75 ) ; H. two distal humerus fragments ( ×12 ) . |
| 10 | And erm , so of course , she 's , you know , not been well for a couple of weeks and she 's gone down from nine four , to seven stone . |
| 11 | America 's visible-trade deficit narrowed to $6.3 billion in December , bringing the total for 1990 to $100.4 billion , down from 1989 's deficit of $109.4 billion . |
| 12 | Wendy 's gone down from twelve and a half stone to about eight |
| 13 | Alcohol has edged down from 80 to 78 per mille , but leisure services have risen from 32 per mille to 62 , entirely as a result of the inclusion for the first time of foreign holidays , which are now deemed to account for 30 per mille ( 3 per cent ) of the cost of living . |
| 14 | 25.1 percent of the adult population of New Zealand currently smokes , down from 26.7 percent last December . |
| 15 | then he 's lost er you 've lost another seat so his majority is even smaller , it 's down from nineteen to seventeen . |
| 16 | He had n't reckoned on one of the Liaison team coming down from Central London just to shake his hand , talk baseball results , and drive him back . |
| 17 | Or you might repeat the word ‘ re-lax ’ several times , then slowly count yourself down from 10 to 1 . |
| 18 | These books typically claimed to be the distillation of wisdom handed down from Arab sages through the centuries , and they all drew heavily on Artemidorus 's work . |
| 19 | Imported beer down from fifteen pounds a pack to under ten pounds in this South of England supermarket . |
| 20 | The fall in the growth of average earnings continued , with the December year on year figure of 4.75 per cent , down from 5 per cent , in line with expectations and still well ahead of inflation . |
| 21 | And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad . |
| 22 | Indeed , threads dangled down from all life , psychic and non-psychic alike . |
| 23 | White our colour , the colour of limbo : white sands , white rocks , a white light pouring down from all sides . |
| 24 | Other powerful political personalities include Ne Win , the ageing " strongman " who stepped down from all his posts in 1988 , and Ne Win 's protegé , Brig. -Gen . |
| 25 | Almost certainly there would be a second stair leading down from that inner bedchamber . |
| 26 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |
| 27 | Straight down from that window was a sheer drop |
| 28 | For 15 years he served as warehouse foreman before stepping down from that position to take responsibility of the new pre-mix plant . |
| 29 | If I can explain inflation which included in the budget at this stage is inflation between November ninety two and November ninety three , so inflation from today if you like er or last November , through to the end of the year , that is provided for in the central contingency of the authority and as pay awards are awarded the money we drawn down from that into the planning committee so the amount there would one point five percent of pay and four point two percent from general commission , that 's reflecting inflation that 's already happening and is up last year 's budget to the position today if you like so one point five percent of pay was the A P T C award for July ninety two , sorry ninety three and we 're not anticipating here what the pay award will be for the coming year , that is dealt with centrally . |
| 30 | ‘ For the sake of her memory I would n't have hesitated to bring you crashing down from that pedestal if I 'd discovered anything damning about you . ’ |