Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit . |
| 2 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |
| 3 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 4 | The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level . |
| 5 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 6 | but looks down on the unchanged saffron flowers |
| 7 | Grant looks down into the dark waters . |
| 8 | These vines overlook a small north-south running valley , on the other side of which a 170-metre high spur of vines drops down to the northwestern edge of the village . |
| 9 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 10 | There are arguments in favour of analysing costs down to the individual patient . |
| 11 | there is a continuing struggle between accurate reflections on the distant surface of the river and increasingly rich golden browns as the eye sees down through the clear water in the foreground . |
| 12 | These plate margins are of three types : ( 1 ) divergent , where crustal material moves apart , under the oceans by a process known as sea-floor spreading ; ( 2 ) convergent , where one plate plunges down into the underlying mantle ( also known as subduction zones ) ; ( 3 ) transform faults , where one plate slides laterally with respect to its neighbour , crust being here neither created ( 1 ) nor destroyed ( 2 ) ( Fig. 18.1 ) . |
| 13 | Besides that , it leads down through the main generator rooms below . |
| 14 | From near Alport Low , Hern Clough leads down to the tranquil hollow of Grains in the Water , a magical spot in a wide bowl of surrounding hills . |
| 15 | The path traverses round this peak and leads down to the Old Church of Martindale ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 16 | So competition for markets from the cheaper products made on newly installed machinery would hold price increases down to the existing rate . |
| 17 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 18 | Because the heart is the seat of all our emotions , affections and willpower , this means that the impact of being blessed by God eventually reaches down to the very core of our persons . |
| 19 | A tattooed arm reaches down from the high cab — lovely , real arm , wonderful words ! — and I scale the high steps to sit with my feet on a coil of rope . |
| 20 | Arranged them by pushing the ‘ record ’ and ‘ play ’ buttons down at the same time . |
| 21 | But this also breaks down for the same reason and so we resolve the problem by taking what is valid from thesis and antithesis to form a synthesis . |
| 22 | The slope of a hill stretches down to the playing fields . |
| 23 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 24 | Well he jumps down into the fucking lift shaft and he slipped on i oh eh well you fucking bastard you ! |
| 25 | The biggest influence on this behaviour has probably been the large increase in wealth , which in turn boils down to the sharp rise in house prices . |
| 26 | ONCE Czechoslovakia settles down from the current euphoria of people 's power , its new leadership will have to take some hard decisions on how to overcome its economic difficulties . |
| 27 | The dusky pink body is heavily patterned with golden-yellow spotted scales , this spotting diminishes in prominence as it progresses down from the dorsal area to the belly of the fish . |
| 28 | He normally parks down by the old A A. |
| 29 | But I should think knowing he 'll know what 's it like , he normally parks down by the old A A |
| 30 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |