Example sentences of "down [prep] the lowest [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then , on the second day , we dropped down into the lowest part of the crater to reach the hot springs .
2 It is absolutely imperative that we get inflation down to the lowest level and keep it there , for most of our future prospects depend on that being the case .
3 Such round , smooth shapes are the perfect foil to the railway sleepers that are used as informal steps down to the lowest level of all , a curved brick paved sitting area that looks back up towards the house .
4 Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house .
5 Moving soundlessly on his thick rubber soles , he ghosted swiftly down to the lowest platform .
6 Knights come first , then come DBEs , then come CBEs and so on and so forth , until you get down to the lowest award , which I think is the British Empire Medal .
7 A democratic constitution , not supported by democratic institutions in detail , but confined to the central government , not only is not political freedom , but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse , carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination .
8 They appointed their own French administrators down to the lowest levels , leaving the Annamese powerless and humiliated in their own land .
9 And she understood that authentic decor need not be confined to the country mansion ; the whole idea was to bring good design down to the lowest levels , ’ Jane Clifford said .
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