Example sentences of "[adv] [be] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bad news is revealed partly by the results for the first half year and partly by the company 's prediction that its borrowings will only be down to half shareholders ' funds even at the end-of-year low point after the Christmas rush . |
| 2 | On the M forty between junctions four and five , that 's between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , there are two narrow lanes in both directions , with a contraflow for a short stretch about midway between the two junctions , and it also is down to single line traffic at times , as required . |
| 3 | This decreased in England from 7,100 in 1969 to 3,900 in 1977 , and could now be down to 2,500 . |
| 4 | Properties they say a few years ago are down by 25 to 30% , that with lower mortgage rates gives them a tremendous boost . |
| 5 | In two years it could well be down to single figures . |
| 6 | On Oct. 14 ( when no threshold applied ) the turnout nationwide was down to 27.4 per cent . |