Example sentences of "down [prep] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a constantly shifting scene it must go down as the most important symbolic change imaginable . |
| 2 | That tour has , of course , gone down as the most exciting series of the century . |
| 3 | The drinkers , drunk as they were , full of glasses of wine , fell back from the man , who , with the rags he wore , had surprisingly clean white underpants — what struck Rab — raised his coat and squatted down as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 4 | A pleasant surprise so early in the day : Lucy had style , from well-cut red-gold hair down through the subtly tailored suit , to the jaunty tap-tap of grey suede sub-stilettoes . |
| 5 | The implacable opposition of employers had forced wages down despite the most determined efforts of the trade unions . |
| 6 | Their front row trio , Johann Styger , Willie Hills and Keith Andrews , admitted that they had prepared on the basis that they would scrum down against the most successful England unit in history . |
| 7 | On shore , she rubs her down with the exotically striped blanket , waits until she stirs again , and helps her back into the clothes . |
| 8 | At the base of each clump , the stems are tightly packed , but there is just enough flexibility in the stems to allow all manner of tiny beasts to push their way down into the relatively mild and ( most importantly ) dry centre . |
| 9 | Yanto asked , as they climbed down into the half empty hold of the ‘ Marit ’ . |
| 10 | Rudling added a giant of a conversion so Gloucester were 12-9 down until the very last kick of the game which turned out to be a penalty . |
| 11 | Production in 1974 was down from the immediately post-war total of 600 000 tons to just over one sixth that figure . |
| 12 | Tragically , these trees are being torn down from the rapidly diminishing rainforests — and are not being replanted . |
| 13 | Widespread evidence indicated that it had burnt down in the later second century . |
| 14 | Just a spoonful of sugar of sugar makes the medicine go down in the most delightful way ! |
| 15 | But if predictability broke down in the very strong gravitational fields in the big bang , it could also break down whenever a star collapsed . |
| 16 | The basis of this understanding of marriage is laid down in the very first book of the Bible : ‘ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife , and they become one . ’ |
| 17 | They both sat down in the deeply cushioned cane chairs and looked out over what was left of the original coconut grove , now a building-site . |
| 18 | Could always be relied upon to break down on the most dangerous stretch of the motorway . |
| 19 | But in the last round she had two fences down on the most difficult course , with Mandevilles Supreme , the mount of William Funnell , another of the finalists . |
| 20 | We decided to forget about the third canister and made off across the cornfield at speed , the jeep bouncing up and down on the very uneven surface . |
| 21 | Although the right had advocated foreign withdrawal they were well aware that the retention of some American troops was needed to prevent communist domination — ‘ Under Shtikov 's proposal , [ a ] strong Korean Communist Army in [ the ] North of Korea would be free to sweep down on the virtually unarmed south and quickly over-run it . ’ |
| 22 | But it will be harder to crack down on the really powerful and harmful culprits in the shadow economy — the state bureaucrats who use their privileged access to goods heavily subsidized by the state to make fat profits for themselves . |
| 23 | For most of human history political domination in the shape of empires , hereditary rulers , aristocracies , has been largely taken for granted , notwithstanding sporadic revolts , so that Mosca 's ( 1896 ) observation that ‘ in all societies — from societies that are very meagrely developed and have barely attained the dawnings of civilization , down to the most advanced and peaceful societies — two classes appear — a class that rules and a class that is ruled ’ , is no more than the recognition of a historical and , as he says , ‘ obvious ’ fact . |
| 24 | Most of them have a very good knowledge of English , even down to the most obscure idiom , but they are not always fluent in expressing their ideas . |
| 25 | It never fails to amaze me how little some people know about the fish they are buying , even down to the most basic of aspects . |
| 26 | But just as crucial , if any new project is to avoid dereliction , engineers must investigate maintenance down to the most minute of details . |
| 27 | Not far behind this overall vision of justice came his anxious consideration that the particular saints of each church , for whom the present community was only the trustee , would demand from their trustees a full account of their stewardship down to the most minute particulars . |
| 28 | Among the known examples there is a marked variation in size , which ranges from the large many-roomed complex located close to the River Rib at Braughing , down to the partly excavated building discovered at the rear of one of the frontage plots at Neatham . |
| 29 | Black jeans encased his tautly muscled legs , a black sweater outlined the breadth of his shoulders and drew her eyes down to the firmly tapering waist . |
| 30 | One of these is simply to reduce the 240 volt mains supply down to the much lower voltage required by the circuit . |