Example sentences of "down to an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's kept down to an absolute bare minimum . |
| 2 | We went down to an awful Wimpy Bar opposite Chagueramas — which later became The Roxy . |
| 3 | Now , curved raised bed surround the garden , built in red brick paving , with steps down to an area where a table and chairs catch all the available sun . |
| 4 | That he did not was largely down to an opening seven-frame blast from Parrott . |
| 5 | ORGANIC SOILS are formed under waterlogged conditions and contain very high amounts of organic matter down to an arbitrary specified depth . |
| 6 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
| 7 | Flats ( 1970 ) rules sequence down to an absolute minimum and spatializes the narrative by creating Beckett-like ‘ characters ’ who are personified place-names . |
| 8 | The requirement for disinfection of food contact surfaces , therefore , applies in general only to those areas where high risk foods are handled or to situations where levels of micro-organisms must be kept down to an acceptable level to maintain shelf life . |
| 9 | Every Sunday the family get up early for an enormous American breakfast — pancakes , ham , waffles with maple syrup , and then later on in the afternoon they all sit down to an English roast . |
| 10 | Growing up in a South African mining town , the son of a reasonably successful lawyer , he might easily have settled down to an ordinary , respectable career , following his father into law , perhaps , as one of his cousins did , or becoming an architect like another of them . |
| 11 | It made its first journey in 1883 but by the 1960s had been run down to an ordinary train . |
| 12 | The Socialist government revised this forecast down to an increase of only 23% ( over the 1981 level ) — i.e. around 90 MTOE in 1990 with nuclear capacity restricted to 7,500 MW and oil use reduced by increased coal and gas consumption . |
| 13 | I sometimes go down to an 18 when maggot fishing or a single brandling or grain of sweetcorn on a 16 , but it is not very often such refinements are necessary . |
| 14 | The subject is dealt with in great detail in the more substantial books on heraldry as being one of great formality — a label for the eldest son , down to an octofoil for the ninth son . |
| 15 | It was strange that this wild young man settled down to an exemplary career as a Marine and on retirement became a probation officer . |
| 16 | The fireman will be another casualty of the modern steam age : his place in the cab will be taken by a computer which will monitor the coal feed closely , to keep smoke down to an absolute minimum . |
| 17 | It was like counting down to an explosion . |
| 18 | This means that the already very sleek 1 inch thickness on the top edge slims down to an amazing ″ at its thinnest point . |
| 19 | If this were an isolated case , it might simply be put down to an individual health authority overreacting to public embarrassment . |
| 20 | Two miles further on , the A.890 from Loch Carron comes down to an improved junction . |
| 21 | Peter thought that he 'd been a fool to imagine that there might be something wrong between his hosts ; he put it down to an overactive imagination coloured by wishful thinking . |
| 22 | Beyond this , four short steps led down to an oval door let into a solid steel bulkhead . |
| 23 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 24 | Now that you 're down to an average of 68 pages , why not run back up to 84 with the features that made you great . |
| 25 | Surrounded by extensive and enclosed grounds it is perfect for children who can play in complete freedom while their elders relax on the lawns that gently slope down to an attractive swimming pool . |
| 26 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 27 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 28 | Indeed , holding prices down to an inefficient level of costs may be inferior in its effects to a form of control in which prices are high but costs are low . |
| 29 | These relationships can be further refined down to an entity or primitive level in the intersection between the two geometric domains . |
| 30 | Although you ca n't shrink CPAV down to an icon while it does a lengthy scan , you can use Alt+Tab to bring other Windows apps to the top of the pile . |