Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] down to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Meanwhile , the other watcher races down to Far Field and tells me . |
| 2 | However , because all the seismic stations have been placed on the near side the wave speeds down to this depth only reliably apply to the near side . |
| 3 | The financial accounting question comes down to this : which year(s) bears the 10,000 ? |
| 4 | Apparently the two suppliers are now agreed ( or have at last been convinced by third parties ) that a unified user environment for their respective Unix implementations , combining shared APIs and front-end elements — from desktop objects down to high-level system administration functions — makes sense . |
| 5 | But the government shielded consumers from the worst excesses of inflation by reducing the community charge burden , and businesses kept their price rises down to one of the lowest levels for 24 years . |
| 6 | By 1995 , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom intends a root-and-branch reorganisation of its data processing activities , by consolidating its 36 existing computer centres into six , and condensing its 45 applications development centres down to five . |
| 7 | By 1995 , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom intends a root-and-branch reorganisation of its data processing activities , by consolidating its 36 existing computer centres into six , and condensing its 45 applications development centres down to five . |
| 8 | He continued : " This experience boils down to one point : we must integrate the fundamental principles of Marxism with the concrete realities of the Chinese revolution and national development and keep to our own road . " |
| 9 | The seventy-one-year-old steel cantilever span narrows down to two lanes as it crosses a channel that connects the Gulf to the Mississippi . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister and every member of the government wants to hold fare increases down to reasonable levels and I 'm pleased that er at six percent average , that 's a reasonable contribution by the travelling passenger on British Rail and London Transport to the enormous investment sums that are required . |
| 11 | I AM sure that , in the end , success comes down to boring , old-fashioned things like hard work and determination . |
| 12 | antarcticus moulting occurs down to lower temperatures than in temperate stocks ( Burn , 1981 ) . |
| 13 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 14 | CACI 's Shopping Centre Planner identifies 230 areas of retail activity in Great Britain , varying from major city centres down to small local shopping parades . |
| 15 | Setting aside the polemical aspects of his argument , Honderich 's thesis boils down to three points . |
| 16 | ‘ In the end I think the problem comes down to this : what does public policy demand as best to be done ? |
| 17 | Total income is slightly reduced , however , since tweed production goes down to 2 per week ( £4,368 ) . |