Example sentences of "it [be] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in the words of the rap , it 's down to the real nitty gritty to keep the flames of the scouting movement burning bright . |
| 2 | In part it 's down to the sheer dullness of the directing . |
| 3 | In part this is the result of photosynthesis which is pumping oxygen into solution but again primarily it 's down to the physical saturation due to breaking waves and air bubbles being mixed in to the system . |
| 4 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 5 | Yet it was down to a collective lack of desire , which was the problem against Watford . ’ |
| 6 | They managed to average 28 mph ; that 's some going , down the hill towards Welland they touched 60 , up the hill into Great Malvern it was down to a running pace . |
| 7 | She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test . |
| 8 | Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had . |
| 9 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 10 | Individual membership declined by a quarter — from 408 , 844 in 1939 to 304 , 124 in 1940 — and by the end of 1941 it was down by a further third — to 206 , 622 . |
| 11 | It was down by the old meat-packing warehouses . |