Example sentences of "down [art] [adj] slope [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But do be aware that being a little easy-going in working out and rationing your calories can easily allow you to drift down the slippery slope towards being too easy-going to achieve weight loss .
2 Many will see this paper as a fundamental attack on the NHS , a means by which a free service slides down the slippery slope of privatisation .
3 He took possession of her hand with almost too much confidence , drawing her with him down the slippery slope of wet grass towards the waterside .
4 He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees .
5 This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside .
6 We walked on until we reached an unlit stretch of the Corniche , then climbed over a low wall and down the short slope to the river 's edge where we were out of sight of the sentries .
7 Fei Yen stood by the window looking down the steep slope towards the terrace and the ornamental lake .
8 The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree .
9 This descends alongside the ridge wall over High Pike and Low Pike and then diverges due south in a direct line down a steep slope to Bruntscar .
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