Example sentences of "[be] [adv] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Microprocessor Report says we 're now down to six serious chips contending for the desktop : Intel Corp iAPX-86 , Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc , Mips Technologies Inc R series , Hewlett-Packard Co PA-RISC , IBM Corp PowerPC and Digital Equipment Corp Alpha , having discarded the Intel 860 , Motorola Inc 88000 and Intergraph Corp Clipper as unreal . |
| 2 | Erm when i started fifteen years ago , it was an intake of about twenty five er lads at a time , we 're now down to about unfortunately eight or nine craft apprentices . |
| 3 | They 've cut back on the number of trainees ; they 've cut back on the number of occasionally used specialists ; they 're really down to the bedrock now . |
| 4 | AMIDST THE wild-ish scenes , L7 are delightfully down to earth . |
| 5 | Incomers tend to see this in class terms as well — pilots are generally upper crust , while engineers are more down to earth ( socially as well as literally' ) Since many incomer workers are ex-military the distinction is often phrased in military terms : officers and ‘ other ranks ’ . |
| 6 | They are still down to earth but holy as well . |
| 7 | First courses are probably down to vegetable soup or corn-on-the-cob without salt or butter . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co shares plunged a week or so back after a warning that its fiscal third quarter earnings to July 31 would be flat , and the news that it posted a net of $191m or 76 cents a share , compared with $192m or 76 cents a share last year , suggests that times have become exceedingly hard in the Unix market this summer , and that Sun Microsystems ' weak fiscal fourth quarter ( UX No 397 ) may not have been solely down to product line transitions . |
| 9 | Its five commissioners are now down to three . |
| 10 | The interest rates in this country are now down to their lowest differential with those on the continent that we have seen for many years . |
| 11 | Health chiefs admit that the queue had built up to ‘ unacceptable levels ’ but claim they are now down to 10 weeks . |
| 12 | We 're gon na get em trained up in the garages before we actually launch , but they are able now to say they are approved installers so they will be getting all the stuff , everything in relation to it , I 've given em a list of the people involved in Nottinghamshire and it 's the launch is on the seventh March at West Bridgford , and basically the system is ready and up and running , thank the Lord after hard work by er Keith and us all at various times , but it 's been mainly down to Keith . |
| 13 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 14 | The reality could not be more down to earth and straightforward , though there is much more to this player than meets the eye . |
| 15 | When the smoke clears Pain Teens turn out to be more down to earth , a punky bar band who occasionally stray into territory that can best be described as extra terrestrial . |
| 16 | erm That 'll be more down to the chairman than myself , he 'll put you more in line with that . |
| 17 | I 'm now down to the weight my doctor said I should be . |
| 18 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 19 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 20 | If you are almost down to your goal weight and inches you should follow the instructions in the Maintenance Programme detailed on page 164 . |
| 21 | If we then take the effect which the southern bypass appears to have had , on the A sixty one , a two and a half percent reduction , we are then down to something marginally under twenty five percent . |
| 22 | Emotions then ran high , and by the 62nd minute Chester were also down to ten men when Barrow lashed out at Toman in a tussle for the ball and was booked . |
| 23 | Government securities , which had started the year at 67 premium , were now down to 19 . |
| 24 | He said that 1,000 mega becquerels ( MBq ) of radioactive material had been released , but emissions were now down to 20MBq over 24 hours . |
| 25 | And , when it comes to services , consumers are quite unanimous that quality is mostly down to the staff and how they behave with customers . |
| 26 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 27 | He 's literally down to his last few pounds |
| 28 | Layouts such as this seem to completely polarise opinion , and the decision is obviously down to the individual . |
| 29 | Dangerous thing to say we 've already said , but preparing notes is lastly down to yourselves , I might give you a few tips on that . |
| 30 | The rest of the time , it 's largely down to Pat to attend to all the kennel duties . |