Example sentences of "[verb] down to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |
| 2 | Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house . |
| 3 | Knights come first , then come DBEs , then come CBEs and so on and so forth , until you get down to the lowest award , which I think is the British Empire Medal . |
| 4 | BEN and JACQUI ( far right ) get down to the latest sounds . |
| 5 | BEN and JACQUI ( far right ) get down to the latest sounds . |
| 6 | Bright children are dragged down to the lowest common denominator . ’ |
| 7 | As for the civil service , it had to be cut down to the lowest level necessary . |
| 8 | A democratic constitution , not supported by democratic institutions in detail , but confined to the central government , not only is not political freedom , but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse , carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination . |
| 9 | The circulation of air round a depression usually has ‘ fronts ’ or areas of rain associated with it , and when birds , which navigate by being able to see the night sky , meet with a barrier of rain and bad visibility then there is nothing for it but to drop down to the nearest land and wait until conditions improve . |
| 10 | For there will never be any new thing other than that which has been before , but everything is repeated down to the minutest detail . |
| 11 | The last act before the battle was the same for all , from the Czar , Kutusov and Weirother down to the humblest man in the ranks . |
| 12 | The most effective way of working is to delegate work down to the lowest competent level at which it can be handled . |
| 13 | When en foule vineyards are uprooted , this is done in reverse order , starting with the oldest , the mother vine , and working down to the youngest . |