Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the Labour Party is absolutely furious that unemployment goes down in this country and they keep trying to say to the public that it 's all hooey and , and , and , and the figures are distorted etc. , etc. , The fact is unemployment is going down , we are overcoming the recession , er faster than any other member of the er European Community or the European union as it 's now concerned and , and these are the facts but having said all that , we on this side er certainly support a continuing strategy whether we 'll er have to continue spending money at this level , er I do n't know , hopefully er the , the recession will be overcome and the spending can be reduced , but the strategy we believe . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister and every member of the government wants to hold fare increases down to reasonable levels and I 'm pleased that er at six percent average , that 's a reasonable contribution by the travelling passenger on British Rail and London Transport to the enormous investment sums that are required . |
| 3 | That constancy of composition relationship breaks down in enclosed seas and bays for example where er addition processes , I E er salts which have been eroded from river water , may alter the composition . |
| 4 | About half Britain 's sulphur rains down as wet deposition and half is dry fallout . |
| 5 | ‘ Meanwhile , the other watcher races down to Far Field and tells me . |
| 6 | Not everything comes down to monetary profit and loss , you know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It sounds as though you really do believe that everything comes down to monetary profit and loss . ’ |