Example sentences of "be down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
| 2 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
| 3 | A third are down to the thermal imaging capability . |
| 4 | All that has long since changed and , while talent can still win the day , both fields are down to the hard graft of making money . |
| 5 | At the time of this Report , knitters ' order intake volumes for Autumn 1993 are down on the previous year , in part as retailers delay ordering and in part reflecting recessionary conditions in key export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 6 | Sexual offences are down on the same period last year by 31pc . |
| 7 | Instead of presenting a strong , clear answer to this misconception , many Christians show that their defences are down at the very place where modern unbelief is most devastating . |
| 8 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 9 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 10 | It 's nice to have new owners who do n't think we are down among the dead men . ’ |
| 11 | In rugby we 're down to the last eight … in the Pilkington Cup … which means Gloucester are two matches away from Twickenham … they 've got a game on their hands tomorrow though … away to first division leaders Orrell |
| 12 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 13 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |
| 14 | Otherwise , it will be down to the usual international brinkmanship in Rio itself , and that 's no way to run a planet . |
| 15 | One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’ |
| 16 | In his opening speech , the hon. Member for Birkenhead said that we should ’ bring forward ’ the arrangements which will prevail after 1993 , but it will not be down to the local adjudication officer to assess people to decide the appropriate care and to assess the reasonable rate . |
| 17 | It would probably carry on like this for at least another hour , and then the first of the departures would begin ; the ones with an early start in the morning , the ones with teenaged babysitters , the ones who rarely went out anyway … an hour after that they 'd be down to the hard core , and an hour after that it would just be a case of guiding out those last drunks who were too far-gone to find the door . |
| 18 | They must be all done or they would n't be down in the first place would they ? |
| 19 | ‘ All members of the team are to be down in the lower block , with their kit , half an hour before lock-up … |
| 20 | We were down at the main road . |
| 21 | In particular , the Home-Grown Cereals Authority reports exports of wheat 30 per cent were down on the previous harvest — mostly due to dearer prices . |
| 22 | The sharply lower rhodium price depressed revenues in the chemicals and refining business and profits for the year were down on the previous period . |
| 23 | By the end of 1923 levels were down to the best pre-1921 records for Saratov . |
| 24 | Ross admits to being a little disappointed at the level of basic skills when he arrived , adding : ‘ A lot of the mistakes were down to the mental approach and lack of concentration , but , having said that , the attitude and determination of the players has been excellent throughout the season . ’ |
| 25 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 26 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 27 | With only two weeks to go they were down to the cosmetic touches . |
| 28 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 29 | She did not speak again until she and Tug were down in the big kitchen . |
| 30 | Saturday night socialising is down to the bare minimum since the children arrived . |