Example sentences of "[verb] down [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supplies of sea trout , known as sewin in Wales , are increasing and bringing down prices to around £5 lb . |
| 2 | the window size or the kitchen size or the bathroom size , they ca n't price things out until such times as they 've sat down face to face with client . |
| 3 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 4 | It was said that he had turned down promotion to sergeant , in return for being allowed to play cricket for his county . |
| 5 | For your chance to claim one of our 100 1992 Carnation Model Delivery Vans , write with your name and address on the back of a postcard ( or sealed down envelope to : Carnation Offer , Echo Dept C , PO Box 48 , Old Hall Street , Liverpool , L69 3EB . |
| 6 | For your chance to claim one of our 100 1992 Carnation Model Delivery Vans , write — including your name and address on the back of a postcard ( or sealed down envelope to : Carnation Offer , Liverpool Echo Dept C , PO Box 48 , Old Hall Street , Liverpool , L69 3EB . |
| 7 | Heads of different divisions may informally set their own plan which is not moving in the same direction as the handed down plan to which they pay lip service . |
| 8 | But the police lost out at Newforge Lane on Tuesday evening , going down 1– to Queen 's . |
| 9 | Cos that 's , we go to Newark then Grantham going down south to me mum 's we go all that way . |
| 10 | At home she 'd be doing a bit of shopping , gardening perhaps , or turning down invitations to the over-sixties whist drive . |
| 11 | I walked down Loreto to Coricancha . |
| 12 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 13 | In general , Britain 's laws do not lay down limits to the noise that a factory makes outside its walls , although in some cases local councils have permitted factory developments only on the proviso that they do not exceed specific sound levels . |
| 14 | These included Burmah Castrol down 23p to 772p , Bowater 6p off at 483p , Hanson 3p weaker at 248p , MB-Caradon 5p down at 331p , Reed Elsevier 5p easier at 716p . |
| 15 | These included Burmah Castrol down 22p to 773p , Bowater 6p off at 483p , Hanson 3p weaker at 248p , MB-Caradon also 3p down at 334p , Reed Elsevier 3p easier at 717p and Royal Insurance 1p adrift at 310p . |
| 16 | These included Burmah Castrol down 22p to 773p , Bowater 6p off at 483p , Hanson 3p weaker at 248p , MB-Caradon 5p down at 331p , Reed Elsevier 5p easier at 716p . |
| 17 | SHARES of LEP , the freight-forwarding and security monitoring company , were marked down 15p to 150p yesterday when its half-time figures failed to meet some market expectations . |
| 18 | It is sometimes argued that the loss of lambs is partly the shepherd 's fault : that greater care for the flock would cut down losses to predators . |
| 19 | Continue down field to stile and road . |
| 20 | But whereas caricature depends on paring down character to exaggerated essentials , acting conveys shades , nuances and inconsistencies . |
| 21 | Four and six when I went down Nottingham to work , at the box place , Henry 's I got seven and six a week . |
| 22 | You turn down invitations to anything off-beat . |
| 23 | We dash abroad at least twice a year ( we dashed over to California last November ) and we dash down South to my daughter 's in Hampshire umpteen times a year and we dash seemingly everywhere in the wake of our grandchildren when on school holidays or visiting but I ( if not so much Bett ) also spend a heck of a lot of time just watching ( I prefer to call it scientifically observing ) the world around me and contemplating . |
| 24 | Leasing actually held up well , shading down 1% to £10.2bn . |
| 25 | And you can just put down Nottingham to Corby avoiding Leicester |
| 26 | Though considered a floating plant , it frequently puts down roots to the tank bottom , and relies on nutrients both from the water and the substratum . |
| 27 | Beyond summit , bear down slope to left to reach well-defined path below , leading down end of hill to join minor road just right of house . |
| 28 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |
| 29 | • German scientists ( reports the Daily Telegraph ) have found a way of utilising enzymes to break down nitrates to nitrogen gas . |
| 30 | Our joint venture , AEA-Beven , has developed a batch pyrolysis unit to break down tyres to recyclable materials without producing damaging emissions . |