Example sentences of "[be] down on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 2 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 3 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 4 | In particular , the Home-Grown Cereals Authority reports exports of wheat 30 per cent were down on the previous harvest — mostly due to dearer prices . |
| 5 | The sharply lower rhodium price depressed revenues in the chemicals and refining business and profits for the year were down on the previous period . |
| 6 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 7 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 8 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 9 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |