Example sentences of "is [vb pp] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The artwork is placed down onto the UV light box so that the ‘ Copper Track View ’ of the artwork is downwards , towards the light source . |
| 2 | A second principle is that a difficult task ( and nobody doubts that dieting can be very difficult ) is far easier to accomplish if it is broken down into small , manageable pieces . |
| 3 | It is the variance , not the midspread , which is broken down into a fitted ( ‘ explained ’ ) and residual ( ‘ unexplained ’ ) component . |
| 4 | If observation is broken down into seeing and hearing this would mean that the observer watched or listened to ( or both , of course ) a social scene which was completely natural and unaffected by his presence . |
| 5 | Nitrogen cycle — The process in which ammonia is broken down into nitrites and thence to nitrates by aerobic bacteria . |
| 6 | The TriAxis offers three basic modes of operation ( Rhythm , Lead 1 and Lead 2 ) and each of these is broken down into two or three sub-groups , making eight modes ( or if you prefer , tonalities ) in total . |
| 7 | At present the market is broken down into three broad sectors : vitamins , worth £90m ; dietary supplements such as evening primrose oil and ginseng , worth £96m ; and fish oils , worth £47m . |
| 8 | The CPC international syllabus is broken down into four main parts : |
| 9 | Each tutorial is broken down into smaller more manageable sections ( Figure 3 ) which contain from one to nine screens or cards ; most are not more than three cards . |
| 10 | The stringing process is broken down into nine easy to follow stages and the course summary acts as a remember to jog your memory as you go along . |
| 11 | The original overwhelming mass of stress or anxiety is broken down into smaller , interconnected parts , providing the client with greater understanding of the processes involved , and greater control over individual components of their anxiety . |
| 12 | First , the problem is broken down into smaller targets or stages . |
| 13 | The AIS section is broken down into nine different sections on its own menu page . |
| 14 | If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body . |
| 15 | The development department is broken down into product-oriented sectors which , in turn , are divided into discipline-oriented units . |
| 16 | What might initially have been envisaged as a permanent position is broken down into its component parts . |
| 17 | The programme is broken down into three sections . |
| 18 | Stage II is broken down into four sections of one week each . |
| 19 | Each group is broken down into many different variants depending on the particular way in which the image is transferred onto the paper ; daisy wheel , ink jet , thermal transfer and so on . |
| 20 | The strong linear flavour emphasizes , of course , the flatness of the picture plane and this effect is further strengthened by the fact that the entire picture surface is broken down into angular forms of almost equal size , which are all dealt with in the same vigorous technique . |
| 21 | The required action is broken down into small segments and a reward is given when the next segment of action is correctly performed — even if this is done by chance . |
| 22 | The subject is broken down into ‘ easily digestible topics ’ . |
| 23 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 24 | The project is broken down into a series of well-defined jobs of short duration whose cost and time can be estimated . |
| 25 | The substrate ( carbohydrate , fat , protein ) is broken down into pyruvic acid ( 3C ) . |
| 26 | Route B : This is broken down into five steps , one of which is the formation of the lattice from its gaseous ions . |
| 27 | It is broken down into three categories : |
| 28 | The postcode is broken down into , obviously figures and numbers , C M's , denotes sort of the Chelmsford area , or for whatever it might be in yo in your area , then you 'll come down to either twenty , eighteen , whatever that is . |
| 29 | Instead , the animal may use up much of the ‘ reserve ’ oxygen ( held principally in the muscles , bound to the pigment myoglobin ) ; and , more significantly , it will derive much of the energy it needs by anaerobic respiration , in which sugar is broken down to lactic acid , without the use of oxygen . |
| 30 | All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on . |