Example sentences of "[vb -s] down to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |
| 2 | If an employee trades down to a cheaper model and sacrifices less salary , no output tax liability arises . |
| 3 | The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level . |
| 4 | The front flap of the drawer drops down to a fixed horizontal position to complete an outside yard , stencilled to represent red brick . |
| 5 | These vines overlook a small north-south running valley , on the other side of which a 170-metre high spur of vines drops down to the northwestern edge of the village . |
| 6 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 7 | There are arguments in favour of analysing costs down to the individual patient . |
| 8 | There 's a swimming pool and sauna , and a path leads down to a private lakeside beach , and being a castle style hotel , there 's plenty of style . |
| 9 | Opposite a café and shop , a tall , sparse wood leads down to a dramatic view of the Falls , a cataract powerful enough to feed a local hydro-electricity station . |
| 10 | A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area . |
| 11 | From near Alport Low , Hern Clough leads down to the tranquil hollow of Grains in the Water , a magical spot in a wide bowl of surrounding hills . |
| 12 | The path traverses round this peak and leads down to the Old Church of Martindale ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 13 | This means that the already very sleek 1 inch thickness on the top edge slims down to an amazing ″ at its thinnest point . |
| 14 | So competition for markets from the cheaper products made on newly installed machinery would hold price increases down to the existing rate . |
| 15 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 16 | Because the heart is the seat of all our emotions , affections and willpower , this means that the impact of being blessed by God eventually reaches down to the very core of our persons . |
| 17 | The garden slopes down to a peaceful mill stream . |
| 18 | He fills it up , and cooks for himself , and when it gets down to a certain level then he thinks , ‘ now I might do a concert ’ . |
| 19 | As tread depth gets down to a certain level , the efficiency of the tyre reduces . |
| 20 | The slope of a hill stretches down to the playing fields . |
| 21 | It all boils down to a simple equation : |
| 22 | In fact , as we have seen , it boils down to a moral evaluation of differentiation ( rather than a ‘ scientific ’ finding ) : the differences that distinguish criminals are things that are deemed to have ‘ gone wrong ’ with their biology , psyche or values . |
| 23 | It boils down to a sharp retraction in the Plains economy . |
| 24 | The biggest influence on this behaviour has probably been the large increase in wealth , which in turn boils down to the sharp rise in house prices . |
| 25 | Actually , the ‘ embarrassment of riches ’ problem boils down to the same failing as that of the biological and personality-type theories : they both produced categories that were , apparently , far too weakly related to crime to be worthy of a ‘ positivist ’ discipline . |
| 26 | When a black hole is created by gravitational collapse , it rapidly settles down to a stationary state that is characterized by only three parameters : the mass , the angular momentum , and the electric charge . |
| 27 | ( It is rather like dropping a cork into water : at first it bobs up and down a great deal , but as the ripples carry away its energy , it eventually settles down to a stationary state . ) |
| 28 | The effect of the energy loss will be to change the orbit of the earth so that gradually it gets nearer and nearer to the sun , eventually collides with it , and settles down to a stationary state . |
| 29 | With a solar-type star , however , the temperature rises to ten million degrees or so , and nuclear reactions are triggered off , so that the star settles down to a long period of stable existence . |
| 30 | BEN settles down to a romantic candle-lit dinner with JACQUI , JACQUI 's friend FIONA , KEREN , KEREN 's friend SALLY , and SARAH . |