Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] into [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be useful , crime rates must be broken down into specific categories of offences . |
| 2 | The overall goal of ‘ increasing social contacts ’ , just like ‘ having more money ’ , can be broken down into specific objectives and activities . |
| 3 | The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage . |
| 4 | A second principle is that a difficult task ( and nobody doubts that dieting can be very difficult ) is far easier to accomplish if it is broken down into small , manageable pieces . |
| 5 | Goals are much easier to attain if they are broken down into small steps . |
| 6 | The total task needs to be broken down into small easily achieved wins , eg every teacher will be in the playground five minutes before the bell goes to greet children and parents , four children from each class will have their names entered in the ‘ Gold book ’ for good work or praiseworthy actions , any child in hospital for more than one night will receive ‘ get well cards ’ from the class and a visit by a member of staff , the entrance hall is cleared of clutter and made more welcoming for visitors . |
| 7 | If large goals are broken down into small specified short-term tasks , a sense of purpose is created . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She said the oil had been broken down into small particles and was being absorbed by organisms at the bottom of the food chain . |
| 11 | The way she spoke , all words were broken down into distinct syllables . |
| 12 | In order to study the growth rates in more detail , the data were broken down into annual figures , ( See Table 4 ) . |
| 13 | Taylor believed in the division of labour since tasks could be broken down into simple repetitive jobs . |
| 14 | The development department is broken down into product-oriented sectors which , in turn , are divided into discipline-oriented units . |
| 15 | It is likely too that non-manufacturing activities need to be broken down into major cost-driver categories . |
| 16 | The broad Shetlander identity can also be broken down into various sorts of identities . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Expenditure was broken down into current and capital components . |
| 19 | Although most departments have drawn up plans , many areas of departmental work can not easily be broken down into discrete cost centres . |
| 20 | For internal management control purposes a annual budget will normally be broken down into discrete quarterly , monthly or even shorter periods . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 . |
| 24 | True , the STV may as we have just seen be broken down into unpredictable fractions if the senatorial rules are applied . |
| 25 | They are fully bio-degradable in a maximum of three days * , by which time all the active ingredients are broken down into natural harmless substances . |
| 26 | The substrate ( carbohydrate , fat , protein ) is broken down into pyruvic acid ( 3C ) . |
| 27 | Ideally the calculations for increased prices should be broken down into different categories of material and related to the number of volumes purchased by the library in each of these categories . |
| 28 | If we consider the boxplots of GNP per capita for all the countries in the world , broken down into different country groups ( figure 11.3 ) , they also straggle upwards , in data batches at different levels , with different midspreads and shapes . |
| 29 | Thematic optional units which span several historical periods can be " deconstructed " , broken down into different periods to form special studies which might be followed alongside the appropriate core unit , or used as bridging units to link one core unit with the next . |
| 30 | It includes aggregate estimates of government spending and revenue while also providing target figures for expenditures broken down into functional categories . |