Example sentences of "[noun sg] down to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that if the calculations you give exclude the tail , another 48″ of fish should be removed to bring the stocking level down to a manageable size . |
| 2 | At the first pruning , take each stem down to a suitable bud , so that ideally it is reduced to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10 cm ) in length . |
| 3 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 4 | Finzi 's sinuous melodies for the solo instrument are made to sound as though the soloist is improvising them , and with extreme daring she uses the widest possible dynamic range down to a whispered pianissimo that might be inaudible in a concert-hall . |
| 5 | Mike had got the breakfast routine down to a fine art . |
| 6 | On an assets purchase , Newco will not acquire any of the vendor 's trading losses or unutilised capital allowances , and they may not be usable by the vendor , for example where Newco is taking over the liabilities which reduce the aggregate value of the target business down to a nominal amount . |
| 7 | What in fact they want is to find out the basis upon which the plaintiff is making the claim , to tie the plaintiff down to a particular set of allegations before the engineer goes in . |
| 8 | A qualitative examination can be made by the evaporation of a specimen down to a small bulk and immersion in this residue at the boil of a small swatch of cotton , nylon , and polyester-fibre yarns . |
| 9 | The methods of purification by flocculation and filtration that are employed will usually bring the colour down to a low level . |
| 10 | Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart puts the project 's success down to a general increase in awareness of personal health issues . |
| 11 | Thirdly , and perhaps most importantly , to try to beat Ephron down to a lower price would surely be to heap dishonour on Sarah . |
| 12 | In addition a humid climate is required together with sufficient relief for extensive vertical water flow down to a regional water table deep below the surface . |
| 13 | Fishtail carving tools , chisels , skew chisels , and gouges , taper from the cutting edge down to a thin shank . |
| 14 | The mingling of the two can be seen clearly in ‘ Kubla Khan ’ , where ‘ Alph , the sacred river , ran through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea ’ ; here our conscious perception of the river is obscured as the river runs away from our field of view and begins to mingle with our subconscious creative side ; critically , at this point in the poem the emphasis switches to the more ‘ fantastic ’ scenery of Xanadu , where we are informed of ‘ incense-bearing trees ’ and similarly exotic imagery . |
| 15 | In terms of the Marslen-Wilson model , the recognition point of a word is the phoneme whose input to the word detectors shrinks the cohort down to a single word . |
| 16 | Jason Epstein , the editorial director at Random House and a friend of Seth 's father , took an interest , helping Seth to pare the book down to a readable length , then publishing Homeboy . |
| 17 | Keep the blood pressure down to a dull roar . |
| 18 | At the time she 'd put that pass down to a reflex action of a man who could n't let any opportunity pass him by , but now she was beginning to have doubts that he was as shallow as she 'd first thought . |
| 19 | We had a strong improvement in operating cash generation and that and the sale of brought net debt down to a low level . |
| 20 | To the right there was a ramp down to a double garage on basement level . |
| 21 | Keegan said : ‘ We now have a clearer picture of where we are going and we want to get the squad down to a manageable size . |
| 22 | The company , which last year sold 45 farms , puts the rise in interest down to a new confidence in farming caused by European Community reform , a drop in interest rates and good prices for beef . |
| 23 | They had already taken the play to Lancaster as well as performing it in Durham , and now had the assembly of the pageant down to a fine art , taking about two hours to mount the superstructure . |
| 24 | So Trumbull started moving the camera in and out , and stopped the lens down to a tiny aperture for maximum depth of field ( he had already been experimenting with zoom lenses for the cockpit readouts in other sequences ) . |
| 25 | As secret agent 006 and a half your mission is to parachute down to a high security island and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon . |
| 26 | In moving the motion this time I 'm not going to be very passionate like I normally am on on subjects in this council chamber I 'm I 'm actually gon na try and keep , I 'm actually going to try and keep politics down to a low level and er because I believe there conscience on all sides of this chamber . |