Example sentences of "number [be] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year the numbers are down by twenty four per cent . |
| 2 | It has taken eighty years for the red kite to recover from near-extinction at the end of the last century when numbers were down to four pairs in a remote part of Wales . |
| 3 | Duck numbers were down to 503 in eight species with tufted duck heading the list at 313 , twice the figure for last year 's May count , but there were only 46 shelduck whereas last year we found 121 . |
| 4 | Numbers were down to 420,000 by January 1940 and , although there were fluctuations as bombing began in earnest , by the end of 1942 only 220,000 remained . |
| 5 | Initial reports suggest that visitor numbers were down on previous years , but that the quality of enquiry was high , helped by the positive reaction of visitors responding to specific areas of business on display . |
| 6 | Five years ago 440,000 young people went to a pub once a day ; the number is down by 150,000 . |