Example sentences of "[adv] down [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | From the filament in the fog lamps right down to the washers on the wipers . |
2 | It may in part be a function of the teacher 's own practices , and when this is so an analysis of his or her use of time , from the broad organizational strategies right down to the minutiae of moment-to-moment interactions with the children , could help both in creating more time and in making for a more effective and efficient context for learning . |
3 | right down to the tips of your fingers . |
4 | But that aside , it 's pretty much ideal preparation for the marathon , right down to the drinks on offer . |
5 | Since Stevenson 's now owned Sir George right down to the buttons on his shirt , she thought that most generous . |
6 | They 'd put a terrible strain on the council : if they all wakened up , right down through the layers of time , there 'd be cavemen mouthing mindless questions in the barren , gameless desert of streets and traffic , and it would be the end of the world . |
7 | We sat right down by the ashes of a fire , and I looked at them , and I did n't wonder who could have made them . |
8 | It you are constantly down in the dumps over the price of fleecewear then this may be the answer to your prayers . |
9 | Now in the inside of that it opens out , there 's an opening in the bone and that leads down among other things into a tube down here , now that is connected up further down to the sinuses across |
10 | Although marketing is done centrally , the success of a franchise is also down to the efforts of the franchisee in drumming up business . |
11 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
12 | How is it that police forces such as Lothian and Borders are this year reporting crime rates back down to the levels of 1981 ? |
13 | The trustie looked away , far down to the recesses of the hut . |
14 | Its fossils have been investigated by cutting them into thin slices , a technique that has revealed a great deal about its anatomy , even down to the details of the structure of its blood vessels . |
15 | Instead she took the money from her mother and walked sedately down to the shops with Carla , playing with her and making her laugh . |
16 | In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk . |
17 | And then Cassie felt a vibration which started deep down in the foundations of Rose Cottage and ran vertically through its structure , up to the very roof itself . |
18 | From the pastoral comforts of the Plateau de Bénou , the road twists abruptly down past the villages of Bilhères and of Bielle , another valley ‘ capital ’ this , with some fine fifteenth-and sixteenth-century house fronts , but particularly commendable as a slated roofs cape seen from higher up the road — this is Béarn , and grey slates arc what you expect on roofs , no longer Basque tiles . |
19 | He turned his head away , pressed forehead and eyes hard down into the covers of Fanny Hill . |
20 | Off then down to the bakers for another chat with the ladies . |
21 | To help the casualty get the tow rope aboard the lifeboat was manoeuvred ahead , and then down across the bows of the yacht . |
22 | They get tight down to the bones of things . |