Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He put the milk bottles down on a small table in the hall , where they were to remain until Ianthe left , and as far as she knew , for ever after .
2 Europe wants shops to give information on the efficiency of all white goods , televisions and hi-fis , computers , ovens , lights and other household appliances down to the smallest toaster .
3 The government is now faced with the realisation that treatment alone will not get lead levels down to the 50 ug/litre required by the Directive .
4 Virtually every paper responded , from the main provincial dailies and evening papers down to the smallest local weekly , each with a feature article on a lost house in their area .
5 An efficient maximum/minimum thermometer is essential for keeping a check on the heating and to assess whether ventilation and shading are adequate to keep day temperatures down to a reasonable level .
6 He frequently gives interviews , and has got television performances down to a fine art .
7 what power does each of them have in the state apparatus ( principally the legislature , the army , police , certain key ministries and their line agencies down to the local level ) , and outside it — in the countryside , Chambers of Commerce , the shop-floor , and so on ?
8 It packs down to a handy 52cm × 17cm , has a taped ripstop nylon fly — PU coated — and cost £250 .
9 The shelter packs down into an attached stuff sack .
10 And even if Nigel Lawson contains inflation and brings interest rates down over the next year , Labour will be able to remind voters ‘ Do n't forget ’ .
11 The effects of the measures on accidents in Buxtehude have already been described , with serious injury accidents down by a third and considerable financial savings being made in addition to the more important human ones .
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