Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The artwork is placed down onto the UV light box so that the ‘ Copper Track View ’ of the artwork is downwards , towards the light source .
2 It is the variance , not the midspread , which is broken down into a fitted ( ‘ explained ’ ) and residual ( ‘ unexplained ’ ) component .
3 The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated .
4 The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated .
5 Waste material in the ubiquitous black plastic bags brews up and is broken down by a common bacterium , Clostridium botulinum , which produces a very potent toxin .
6 Alcohol is broken down by the chemicals called enzymes in the liver through which blood circulates once every four minutes .
7 In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands .
8 In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees .
9 This ensures that adhesive is carried down into the hole
10 After the glue has been applied to both edges of each segment and they are assembled , the banding clamp is dropped down over the assembly and tightened until the joints close up tightly .
11 Harnoncourt ( ) , on the other hand , is let down by the unpredictability of his choral forces , and Gardiner ( ) is all sheen and polish , but misses the sense of the ceremonial which lies at the heart of his this most perfect of all choral masterpieces .
12 To my mind the SRV 's overall appearance is let down by the fingerboard .
13 The general quality of the whole machine is let down by the tacky keyboard .
14 He 's a floating penguin that literally toots with joy when he is pushed down under the water .
15 This thin bar is pushed down to the level of the trimmer head , and is claimed to prevent wear on the cord when working near a tree or wall , that would normally abrade the nylon cord .
16 It is safe to push backwards , moving down wind with the nose into wind , provided that the airbrakes are open and weight is applied down on the nose .
17 This " life story " is written down by the sufferer and then read out to the group .
18 There is a strong thriller element to the novel , particularly in the last part , in which Piero is tracked down by the agents of what is portrayed as something close to a police or military state in the underground corridors of the prison-like block of flats where Charles lives and the fugitive has been hiding .
19 A bending spring is slid down inside the pipe for support as it is bent across the knee .
20 The complex is closed down as a safety precaution whenever gales of more than 80mph are forecast .
21 He had talked with two colleagues about the possibility of fusion occurring when water is drawn down into the Earth 's mantle at boundaries between tectonic plates .
22 If , when the list of members is handed down from the St Andrew 's House — Scotland 's Whitehall — it contains a majority of business people , it will be a message from the government that Scotland is not ready for consensus .
23 His assertion that the problem remains and is handed down from the first generation of Homo sapiens to the present one in the institutions of religion and art seems to be , prima facie , very plausible .
24 However , he can not be doing his job properly in his supervisory and regulatory role if , at the same time , he is bogged down in a morass of consumer complaints .
25 But this means that data transfer between processor registers is slowed down to the speed of store access .
26 The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too .
27 Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts .
28 Not everything is set down in the rules , but it is the practice to provide those papers .
29 A layer 2 inches ( 5 cm ) thick suppresses weed growth , reduces moisture evaporation , is easily scratched open to help air penetration , and as it decomposes is pulled down into the soil by worms .
30 Each mask is pulled down onto the base , which can be variety of shapes , by a magnetic catcher .
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