Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The cherry and whites were just two points short of victory at Leicester last saturday … they fought back from ten points down with 13 men
2 In year two this actually drops down to twelve point six percent and in year three down to nine five percent .
3 It breaks down into two parts .
4 As before , the calculation breaks down into three parts : Stage 1 : Determination of We use equation ( 9 ) to calculate .
5 The job breaks down into seven parts : designing the system , removing the old guttering and downpipes , repainting the fascia boards ( this will almost certainly be necessary ) , fixing the new guttering , fixing the new downpipes , connecting to the drains or soakaway and testing the system .
6 So here we explain how you can complain effectively about anything , from a problem at the bank , an inflated gas bill or a TV set that breaks down after two days .
7 The leader , who is the tow aircraft for this sequence , dives down to 5000 ft .
8 Unless it was somebody we have already used , and that really boils down to one person in York , and she 's shown no signs of applying , so .
9 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 . "
10 Setting aside the polemical aspects of his argument , Honderich 's thesis boils down to three points .
11 He succeeds Meuric Rees , the Lord Lieutant of Gwynedd , of Tywyn , who steps down after 12 years as a panel member , the last six as chairman .
12 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 .
13 This clamps down in three ways .
14 We boiled your memory banks down into two categories — the rest we threw away , sorry to say .
15 Usually it all comes down to one solution — more money — and when that has been arranged , the battle with the builders is re-arranged to contain the damage .
16 To sum up , when buying clubs it comes down to two things — that you must seek the judgement of a qualified professional golfer you trust , and the clubs have to feel right and look right for you .
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