Example sentences of "[adv prt] into [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The street price of that little lot , cut down into 40-milligram bags , would be half a million pounds . |
| 2 | The way she spoke , all words were broken down into distinct syllables . |
| 3 | In order to study the growth rates in more detail , the data were broken down into annual figures , ( See Table 4 ) . |
| 4 | Any sentence can be broken down into immediate sub-units which themselves have reasonably independent status as coherent wholes , whose combination produces the original sentence . |
| 5 | The strong linear flavour emphasizes , of course , the flatness of the picture plane and this effect is further strengthened by the fact that the entire picture surface is broken down into angular forms of almost equal size , which are all dealt with in the same vigorous technique . |
| 6 | The introduction of newly-developed linings that can be pushed down into crumbling sewers to extend their life is widely touted as bringing the cost of renovating the nation 's sewers down somewhere nearer to what impoverished water authorities can afford . |
| 7 | Until recently , it was considered safe and environmentally acceptable to dump household waste in the ground where , left to decay , it would break down into harmless by-products and cause no problems . |
| 8 | The secret is to break the pattern down into familiar forms . |
| 9 | Other retro favourites are flares and bell-bottoms , such as all-in-one Barbarella-style pants suits , skimming the body down into gentle flares . |
| 10 | Geological finds and things well , erm very often some of You 'll find that some of the isotopes are radioactive and they break down into other things . |
| 11 | The overall goal of ‘ increasing social contacts ’ , just like ‘ having more money ’ , can be broken down into specific objectives and activities . |
| 12 | To be useful , crime rates must be broken down into specific categories of offences . |
| 13 | Then he was touched on the head by a rebirther and broke down into uncontrollable sobs . |
| 14 | The broad Shetlander identity can also be broken down into various sorts of identities . |
| 15 | The development department is broken down into product-oriented sectors which , in turn , are divided into discipline-oriented units . |
| 16 | He analysed a ‘ typical value chain ’ for books ’ — breaking the costs of the chain down into separate areas , such as authors/agents , editorial , distribution , retailers and paper/print — and explained how the implementation of new technology and streamlined working practices should lead to significant savings in each of these areas . |
| 17 | The ability to break individual applications down into separate tasks — as long as the software is written in a suitably modular fashion — is known as application multi-threading , and will be supported in the next release of Solaris 2. x , according to Watkins . |
| 18 | If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body . |
| 19 | Generally speaking it is best to avoid complex behaviours with small children and parents but if they are unavoidable ensure that the parents know to break them down into small bits . |
| 20 | In order to communicate , it break itself down into small groups and appoints an in-house trusty to translate the speeches , allowed to be made in only a limited number of major languages ( tip — Portuguese is not one them ) . |
| 21 | She said the oil had been broken down into small particles and was being absorbed by organisms at the bottom of the food chain . |
| 22 | Goals are much easier to attain if they are broken down into small steps . |
| 23 | Subject-matter , in the Skinnerian teaching machine , was broken down into small steps which built upon one another into a great complexity , the student making successive responses and receiving the reinforcement of immediate confirmation at each stage . |
| 24 | If they had difficulties then I broke each stage down into small steps and gave them repeated practice . |
| 25 | A Marie Claire magazine horoscope supplement lay in a puddle of blood , which had trickled down into small pools in the sand . |
| 26 | The required action is broken down into small segments and a reward is given when the next segment of action is correctly performed — even if this is done by chance . |
| 27 | Also , the turnaround found in bars 13–16 is a little tricky so , if you have any problems , break it down into small parts and practise it slowly , only building up the speed when you 're feeling more comfortable . |
| 28 | Slowly the total blinding pain broke down into individual centres of hurt . |
| 29 | Shafts of sunlight probe down into secret nooks and woodland hollows , just as they did in the wintry days to frustrate the birds in their efforts to conceal nests . |
| 30 | It includes aggregate estimates of government spending and revenue while also providing target figures for expenditures broken down into functional categories . |