Example sentences of "down [art] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 .
2 So the insistence of some employees on cash payment tends to slow down the trend to cheque or transfer payment , and therefore to that wider use of bank accounts which we see as bringing considerable advantages to consumers in money management and cheaper credit availability .
3 The reason for this is that as the core begins to saturate , the voltage available for saturation falls , tending to slow down the approach to saturation .
4 She believes we must all recognise and come to terms with our own ageism and seek to break down the barriers to understanding .
5 After 20 minutes , turn down the heat to Gas 4/350F/180C and cook for another 1¼–1½ hours .
6 After 20 minutes , turn down the heat to Gas 4/350F/180C and cook for another 1¼–1½ hours .
7 I decided to try the Power Tool in two ways : the first using a stack , with the amp set to full shred ; the second with a Vox AC30 on full tilt , but with the Power Tool bringing down the volume to bedroom level .
8 At last , just as Hazel was about to run down the slope to Blackberry 's burrow , he saw him come out of his hole , followed by no less than three rabbits .
9 Other explorers with more time available can go down the slope to Ease Gill and there locate Leck Beck Head ; here all the streams that disappear underground on Leck Fell join those from Ease Gill in a return to daylight .
10 It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative .
11 Four other girls , that 's right and of course there were housemaids there to do the work and er yes housemaids and er and er you know and in the , in the kitchen , you see , there was the chef and er a cook , the kitchen maid and er a young man , a boy , well just left school to scrub the tables down and do the floors and that sort of thing and er and whi and er while I , of course I had to go down every day to type , to see what the chef said , what was on the menu and type it , type out the menus , you see , that was one of my jobs and er and if let me think , yes there was quite a number of staff , that 's just in the kitchen
12 And tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity .
13 For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’
14 One potential criticism of the pH/pCO 2 method is that investigators may be measuring dissolved CO 2 in perfusing solution that has diffused as CO 2 gas down a mucosa to lumen concentration gradient , rather than occurring due to secreted bicarbonate ions .
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