Example sentences of "be [verb] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goals are much easier to attain if they are broken down into small steps . |
| 2 | If large goals are broken down into small specified short-term tasks , a sense of purpose is created . |
| 3 | They are fully bio-degradable in a maximum of three days * , by which time all the active ingredients are broken down into natural harmless substances . |
| 4 | In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 . |
| 5 | As these wastes are broken down by physical , chemical , and bacterial action , they gradually form ‘ humus ’ , a highly important binding factor in the formation of stable soil crumbs or tilth and in the transformation of minerals into soluble plant nutrients . |
| 6 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
| 7 | She said the oil had been broken down into small particles and was being absorbed by organisms at the bottom of the food chain . |
| 8 | The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage . |
| 9 | Channel 2 is essentially the same , but there 's no ‘ mid ’ control , no EQ preset button and the tone controls have been honed down to just bass and treble . |
| 10 | Thames valley police are cracking down on bad driving . |
| 11 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 12 | Coun Richmond asked councillors to vote for more talks with the disabled who he felt had been let down by late changes to the scheme . |
| 13 | He fears they could become targets of revenge attacks if Serb planes are shot down by United Nation forces . |
| 14 | When he had broached the subject — tentatively — he had been turned down with surprising sharpness . |
| 15 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 16 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 17 | Only three of Armenia 's fleet of seven helicopters remained , the rest having been shot down by Azerbaijani forces claiming that they were used for military purposes . |
| 18 | ( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! ) |
| 19 | At first the new mountains must have been worn down with great rapidity to produce the vast quantities of Neogene conglomerates . |
| 20 | By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side . |
| 21 | Structural processes are rendered down into social or psychological properties , which are then erected into totalizing principles of explanation . |
| 22 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
| 23 | So against the narrow focus of the impact of enterprise unions within their own firms we need to consider how far their achievements are filtered down to small firms where formal labour representation is minimal . |
| 24 | He let her go as if he too had been dragged down by past memories . |
| 25 | The underlying Lower Limestone Shale is also interpreted as a shallow water sequence , but some beds are believed to have been laid down in poorly aerated conditions ( George 1958 ) and may therefore contain source material . |
| 26 | ‘ Hitherto , their duties have been laid down in professional guidance . |
| 27 | There a new realism and prices are coming down to sensible levels . |
| 28 | All these Evils are set down in great and Anciente Bookes called Grimoires . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , local police are clamping down on high-tech crime . |
| 30 | Although most departments have drawn up plans , many areas of departmental work can not easily be broken down into discrete cost centres . |