Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | * Greenpeace has announced a plan by which the 16 RBMK reactors could be shut down without the loss of net electricity capacity . |
| 2 | In the beginning , all carp were streamlined , torpedo-shaped fish , and any variation in girth relative to length ( apart from the difference between mature males and females ) could be put down to the quality of the food supply . |
| 3 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 4 | It 's success could be put down to the hard sell . |
| 5 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 6 | Both these cars were fitted with Spencer track brakes , which could be wound down onto the rails when descending the hill . |
| 7 | A track wide enough for a tractor could be taken down to the road . |
| 8 | If Haser could be brought down by the Swiss for money-laundering , so the theory went , then he would have no reason to dig the hole he was in any deeper by embarrassing the CIA with gratuitous revelations about the agency 's arms deals with Saddam Hussein . |