Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important factor in keeping arrears down to the lowest possible level was exercising proper care in granting mortgage loans , checking the applicant 's income , his previous borrowing record , verifying that the property was relevant to the borrower 's needs and his ability to maintain it in good order . |
| 2 | And since an expensive loaf caused havoc in St Jude 's and trouble in everybody 's weaving sheds , with demands for higher wages keeping profits down at a time when trade was far from good — when it would probably never rise again to the level of those early , heady days when the machines first came in — then Ben Braithwaite and his dinner guests had reason for their anxiety . |
| 3 | Where the IQ rating falls below 50 , the classification used is ‘ severely ’ mentally handicapped , and there are further breakdowns in use in the medical field describing categories down to the ‘ profoundly ’ mentally handicapped with IQ ratings of under 20 . |
| 4 | Slowing things down on a busy Wednesday afternoon on Trent F M. |
| 5 | Indeed , holding prices down to an inefficient level of costs may be inferior in its effects to a form of control in which prices are high but costs are low . |
| 6 | The payback on Visa and Access is growing as people try to keep running debts down to a minimum . |
| 7 | No doubt you have the proper facilities for taking statements down at the station . ’ |
| 8 | Along the South Coast , Meridian is playing things down with a ten-minute introduction to new faces and programmes followed by a movie . |
| 9 | It appeared to be a game — of finding things down in the sewer . |