Example sentences of "down to around [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 Japanese companies had secured shipbuilding orders for new vessels totalling 9,700,000 gross tonnes , double the total of the previous year , so that although orders for 1990 were down to around 3,000,000 gross tonnes , shipbuilders ' order books remained full until well into 1992 . |
| 2 | As a rule of thumb , I suggest that would mean the penultimate week 's volume should be around two-thirds of its normal load , while the last week drops down to around one-third . |
| 3 | We were nevertheless off the ground in around an estimated 500 metres and the initial rate of climb at 90 knots settled down to around 1100 feet per minute . |
| 4 | You should simply continue to follow your amended Stage I diet , which includes all the food from you " safe " list , and keep your consumption down to around 1,000 calories per day . |
| 5 | The caramel and crisped wheat milk chocolate bar , looks , costs and tastes like a regular bar , but carbohydrate constitutes about 60 per cent , with fat down to around 30 per cent . |
| 6 | Merton breaks into a smile : ‘ It 's down to around 35 yards now . ’ |
| 7 | There is scope for a further reduction of up to 50 posts during this year , bringing the staff levels down to around 430 , ’ said Mr Moares . |
| 8 | The Safeway supermarket says that , thanks to the economics of increased demand , the price premium charged on organic meat is now down to around 10-15 per cent , compared with 30 per cent 18 months ago . |