Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 2 | The organisers of the annual EAA Convention , held at Wittman Regional Airport , Oshkosh , Wisconsin , have got things down to a fine art , the event runs like clockwork , in fact it would probably do some airshow organisers in Europe a power of good to pay a visit to Oshkosh and see for themselves how fly-ins , airshows and ground exhibitions can , and should , be run . |
| 3 | One hot morning in west Beirut , the Palestinians ' Mourabitoun allies even invited journalists down to the American University campus to witness the launching of a newly acquired ground-to-ground missile towards Jounieh . |
| 4 | Slowing things down on a busy Wednesday afternoon on Trent F M. |
| 5 | Indeed , holding prices down to an inefficient level of costs may be inferior in its effects to a form of control in which prices are high but costs are low . |
| 6 | Along the South Coast , Meridian is playing things down with a ten-minute introduction to new faces and programmes followed by a movie . |
| 7 | Nigel always felt he won hands down in a verbal fight . |
| 8 | In the street outside the hotel , a crowd cheered and cheered ; periodically someone would go on to the balcony and throw roses down to the assembled admirers . |
| 9 | You said w we pare things down to a minimum price . |
| 10 | I had naively imagined that marriage would magically obliterate the origins of the wealth we shared , melting Dennis 's laboriously acquired treasures down into a common heap of anonymous gold . |