Example sentences of "down [prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 2 | Women , it is widely believed , are turned down for jobs by men who fear that , without warning , they will take time off to have children . |
| 3 | The barriers she broke down about women in business are numerous because she moved as an equal among commercial interests which were so much then , as now , dominated by men . |
| 4 | We see relationships breaking down between partners in marriage , between the generations of a family , between neighbours and between colleagues at work . |
| 5 | Moorcock 's people are amusing on their own terms , in their own right , and not just set down as figures of fun . |
| 6 | Hard water is formed as rain water passes down through layers of limestone which contains calcium and magnesium minerals ; the more calcium and magnesium minerals absorbed , the harder the water becomes . |
| 7 | The custom fell out of favour at the turn of this century and I suspect that , as a reaction to the damage the treatment caused , the contrary view that teething is harmless has been passed down through generations of doctors . |
| 8 | Jed left the expressway at the Baker Park exit and cut down through houses of clapperboard and dull red brick . |
| 9 | Sometimes you get signs and portents which the quacks ca n't fathom , but which go down like markers for middle-age . |
| 10 | In a very short space of time , she had demolished two more such beef sandwiches supplied by Mr Beckenham , with the addition of a large slice of pie , the whole washed down with gulps of water in between , only so that she might clear her mouth for more food . |
| 11 | Mrs Parkin described how children were coming to the school weighed down with tins of food . |
| 12 | Though there was consensus among most delegates that production cuts were needed to avoid an oil glut which would weaken prices as demand dipped in the spring , the discussions became bogged down with claims by Kuwait for special treatment . |
| 13 | Arrange these around the edge of the cake , sticking them down with dots of jam . |
| 14 | Later when he was hungry , he ate three of them in a row , washed down with bottles of beer which he said he did n't much care for . |
| 15 | To break them down into calls by type of station or something as simple as that . |
| 16 | ‘ It can be broken down into sets of signals , each signal with a specific function . |
| 17 | Series were deemed to be longer plays , broken down into episodes for convenience of presentation . |
| 18 | Genrad Inc has turned in fourth quarter net profits of $114,000 against losses of $5.3m last time , on turnover that rose by 29.1% at $44.2m ; net losses for the year to January 2 stood at $7.4m down from losses of $39.1m last time , after $23m restructuring charges and write-offs last time , on turnover that fell by 8.8% to $142.6m . |
| 19 | Celutel Inc has turned in third quarter net losses of $1.5m down from losses of $1.7m last time , on turnover up 69.4% at $5.8m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $3.9m down from losses of $5.2m last time , on turnover that rose 52.2% to $15.3m . |
| 20 | Superconductor Technologies Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $207,000 down from losses of $656,000 last time , on turnover up 83% to $1.5m . |
| 21 | Paging Network Inc has turned in third quarter net losses of $2.8m down from losses of $2.4m last time , on turnover up 47% at $58.5m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $17.4m , after $14.9m extraordinary charges , up from losses of $9.7m last time , on turnover that rose 45.1% to $158.6m . |
| 22 | US Cellular Corp saw third quarter net losses of $6m up from losses of $4.4m last time , on turnover up 66.5% at $42.2m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $1.7m down from losses of $26.2m last time , after $14.9m gains from the sale of cellular interests this time and $10.3m tax charges last time , on turnover that rose by 72.2% to $109.7m . |
| 23 | Centennial Cellular Inc saw third quarter net losses of $5.7m down from losses of $7.4m last time , on turnover up 34.3% at $11.1m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $19.1m down from losses of $23m last time , on turnover up 38.6% to $31.1m . |
| 24 | Zenith Electronics Corp has reported first quarter net losses of $21.8m down from losses of $28.6m last time , on turnover that rose 9.5% to $290.5m . |
| 25 | Mobile Telecommunications Technology Inc has turned in third quarter net losses of $171,859 down from losses of $3.7m last time , on turnover that rose by 29.4% at $29.5m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $4.2m down from losses of $6.1m last time , on turnover that rose by 27.6% to $83.8m . |
| 26 | Ikos Systems Inc has reported second quarter net losses of $552,000 down from losses of $1.3m last time , on turnover that rose 61.7% at $4.9m ; mid-term net losses stood at $2.1m up from losses of 41.8m last time , on turnover that rose 26.9% at $8.1m . |
| 27 | CMS/Data Corp has reported second quarter net losses of $139,500 down from losses of $182,400 last time , on turnover up 13.6% at $4m ; mid-term net profits amounted to $282,900 against losses of $158,800 last time , on turnover that rose 10.3% to $7.9m . |
| 28 | Alias Research Inc saw fourth quarter net profits of $274,000 against losses of $9.5m last time , after $1.7m restructuring charges and $182,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover up 19% at $8.5m ; net losses for the year to January 31 stood at $15.6m down from losses of $17.4m last time , after $650,000 restructuring charges this time and $3.2m last time as well as $9.3m losses from discontinued operations this time and $135,000 gains last time , on turnover that fell 4.1% to $26.9m . |
| 29 | Summagraphics Corp has turned in third quarter net losses of $1.3m up from losses of $832,087 last time , after $1.5m non-recurring charges last time , on turnover that fell by 17.1% to $16.8m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $1.3m , after $411,247 gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , down from losses of $2.3m last time , on turnover that fell by 1.3% to $52.7m . |
| 30 | Centennial Cellular Inc has reported second quarter net losses of $6.1m down from losses of $8.1m last time , on turnover up 37.4% at $10.4m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $13.4m down from losses of $15.6m last time , on turnover up 41.1% at $19.9m . |