Example sentences of "are [verb] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CFCs are broken down in the upper atmosphere by UVB , and release chlorine atoms . |
| 2 | As fibre-rich waste products are broken down in the large bowel , a number of products are formed apart from the release of calories . |
| 3 | Each line of script represents one second of running time and the words are written down at the normal speaking rate of three per second . |
| 4 | Bright children are dragged down to the lowest common denominator . ’ |
| 5 | In order to achieve this , almost seven million egg cell precursors are laid down in the female fetus . |