Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The goods you buy are covered by the Sale of Goods Act ( 1979 ) which boils down to three important points : |
| 2 | The goods you buy are covered by the Sale of Goods Act ( 1979 ) which boils down to three important points : |
| 3 | To the left is the great waterfall — the cirque has numerous supporting ones — which comes down in one huge leap of 1,400 feet when the snows are melting or in two rather more modest leaps once they are finished . |
| 4 | Because she is doing what is clearly a test , the words she writes down in this list have no real context : she would probably not write in the course of a story " I heard a funny nose … " without recognising the error herself when she read it back . |
| 5 | She breaks down in public soon afterwards . |
| 6 | He succeeds Meuric Rees , the Lord Lieutant of Gwynedd , of Tywyn , who steps down after 12 years as a panel member , the last six as chairman . |
| 7 | Not everything comes down to monetary profit and loss , you know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It sounds as though you really do believe that everything comes down to monetary profit and loss . ’ |
| 9 | Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 the NCC must offer a management agreement to any farmer on an SSSI whose application for an agricultural grant it turns down on conservation grounds . |
| 10 | Now what is actually talked about , he splits down into two , he splits it down into Express , which is next day , not , all next day , and general which is two day and three day . |
| 11 | He looks down on hi life . |
| 12 | And in fact , when the river rises they it drops down onto that house , and the house next door . |
| 13 | The World Bank reckons that on most measures of welfare it ranks down with much of sub-Saharan Africa , and only a bit above Haiti . |
| 14 | it , it cuts down like that , then it goes off then it starts again , then it goes off and then goes |
| 15 | It breaks down into two parts . |
| 16 | It breaks down like this : |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose it boils down to that … |
| 18 | Even if it falls down after that , they 're alright . |
| 19 | So when does the value come down to zero , well it comes down to zero when the bit we 're taking away is equal to that . |
| 20 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 21 | ‘ At the end of the day it comes down to individual decisions about individual jobs , ’ says Fairweather . |
| 22 | To sum up , when buying clubs it comes down to two things — that you must seek the judgement of a qualified professional golfer you trust , and the clubs have to feel right and look right for you . |
| 23 | It all comes down to who holds the purse strings , and at the point when it comes down to that level , something has gone wrong . |
| 24 | If it comes down to that , I would need to think it over . |
| 25 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 26 | In the end it comes down to personal prejudice . |
| 27 | ‘ You might be a whizz at your job , you might have the charisma of ten men , but when it comes down to normal decent human values you 're nothing . |
| 28 | They wanted to keep them happy , they let them carry on with their religion , it did n't interest them but when it comes down to serious things like killing erm political agitators , the Romans wanted to deal with that themselves . |
| 29 | When we do so , we find that the inflation rate comes down somewhat , but it comes down to 7.9 per cent. , which is still 2.5 per cent . |
| 30 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |