Example sentences of "[adj] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Square and rectangular frames are usually made from 2-m ( 7-ft ) lengths of moulding , which are then cut down to size . |
| 2 | This area is seen as only one of a number of possible future points of development , for plans are being discussed for setting up a linked structure of subject panels from national down to district and location level to give all teachers the opportunity to comment on materials and raise suggestions for new approaches . |
| 3 | Life makes the worst video you 've ever seen look like a masterpiece , and the episode I 'm about to relate was well down to par in this respect . |
| 4 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 5 | Thus canons often have tonic and dominant relationships , and in order to preserve a single tonality the 4th leap downwards from tonic to dominant often has to be followed by a leap of a 5th ( dominant down to tonic ) . |
| 6 | She would be voting Conservative and said Mr Major was a ‘ fair down to earth , very nice man ’ . |
| 7 | And sort of , dead down to earth and everything and it showed you a clip out of National Velvet when she was twelve years old you know erm that with the horse in it and that ? |