Example sentences of "down [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 2 | Macland Inc saw fourth quarter net profits up 103.2% at $74,753 , on turnover down 36.7% at $2.9m ; net profit for the year to December 31 stood at $42,176 against losses of $55,738 last time , on turnover down 23% to $14.2m . |
| 3 | And drags down Mira to the nether World . |
| 4 | Continue down field to stile and road . |
| 5 | In the six months to December turnover was down £3m to £38m with pre-tax profits £1.4m lower at £3.7m . |
| 6 | Profits should rise from £2.09m to £2.5m in the year to May 1990 , rating the shares , down 1p to 242p yesterday , on a modest earnings multiple of around eight times . |
| 7 | The ship 's engines ceased and the crew began throwing down ropes to a white man in a pith helmet who had emerged from one of the quayside offices . |
| 8 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |
| 9 | But the police lost out at Newforge Lane on Tuesday evening , going down 1– to Queen 's . |
| 10 | Conglomerate Hanson , strongly dependent on recovery in the US market , is unlikely to impress with year-end figures down 17% to £1.09bn. , with the dividend rise for the year put at 1% to 11.1p . |
| 11 | Tenera Ltd Partnership saw fourth quarter net profits of $592,000 against losses of $1.3m last time , after $1.3m non-recurring charges last time , on turnover down 13.2% at $9m ; net profit for the year to December 31 were $795,000 against losses of $6.4m last time , after $7.5m non-recurring charges last time , on sales down 17% to $36.6m . |
| 12 | • German scientists ( reports the Daily Telegraph ) have found a way of utilising enzymes to break down nitrates to nitrogen gas . |
| 13 | Net earnings per share were down 50% to $0.04 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.34 in the nine months . |
| 14 | Merchant bank Warburg also lost ground , down 45p to 479p after a 44% slump in half-year profits to £51m . |
| 15 | SCOTTISH salmon steaks are down £1 to £3.99 for 3lb at Asda . |
| 16 | It is sometimes argued that the loss of lambs is partly the shepherd 's fault : that greater care for the flock would cut down losses to predators . |
| 17 | Industrial stalwarts like Rolls-Royce , down 3.5p to 128p , GKN , down 8p to 472p , and IMI , 6p lower at 472p , all reflected City disillusionment with the sector . |
| 18 | Older or maturer couples may face marriage more realistically and discuss their expectations before they marry , even laying down guidelines to be jointly agreed and accepted . |
| 19 | At the junction of these rock types , springs form and the water runs down ravines to the sea unless diverted into levadas ( drainage channels ) . |
| 20 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 21 | North Atlantic prawns are down £1.69 to £4.29 , and breaded scampi is £1.99 for 400g , down £1 . |
| 22 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 23 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 24 | Anywhere in England south of Durham was still Down South to them . |
| 25 | We dash abroad at least twice a year ( we dashed over to California last November ) and we dash down South to my daughter 's in Hampshire umpteen times a year and we dash seemingly everywhere in the wake of our grandchildren when on school holidays or visiting but I ( if not so much Bett ) also spend a heck of a lot of time just watching ( I prefer to call it scientifically observing ) the world around me and contemplating . |
| 26 | Cos that 's , we go to Newark then Grantham going down south to me mum 's we go all that way . |
| 27 | Heads of different divisions may informally set their own plan which is not moving in the same direction as the handed down plan to which they pay lip service . |
| 28 | This could be continued down corners to the skirting and around doors . |
| 29 | I walked down Loreto to Coricancha . |
| 30 | Operating profit was down 12% to $8.1m . |