Example sentences of "can be [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any bar or disco which exceeds its permitted decibel limit can be shut down on the spot for the night by police . |
| 2 | The problem of poor image quality can be tracked down to the scanning stage . |
| 3 | Words themselves can be broken down into the minimal grammatical units known as MORPHEMES ( stems and affixes ) . |
| 4 | LIFESPAN RDBI data transfers can be broken down into the following phases : |
| 5 | Nature has , of course , tremendous resilience in coping with abuse ; even great quantities of waste can be broken down by the bacteria in the water . |
| 6 | Such reasoning can be traced down to the present day , although there are variations on the theme . |
| 7 | It may be reached on foot by using a track leaving the Ullapool road four miles out of Kylesku : this climbs over a high saddle before reaching the stream which can be followed down to the lip of the fall . |
| 8 | The stream can be followed down towards the railway viaduct , the drab surroundings being suddenly and unexpectedly relieved when the stream , innocuous thus far , plunges over the edge of a limestone gorge . |
| 9 | An auger works in much the same way , but instead of being pushed into the soil , it has a corkscrew end which can be twisted down into the earth . |
| 10 | In improvising , a player can often create spontaneously something much superior to what can be written down with the crude approximation of notation . |
| 11 | ( In this way , the washing up for this modest roast dinner can be kept down to the absolute minimum . ) |
| 12 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 13 | If you 're desperate to get rid of it , use a general-purpose saw to cut it in small sections ( very hard and dirty work ! ) so that it can be passed down through the loft hatch ; otherwise leave it in an unused corner of the loft . |
| 14 | Consider how much training needs to be done by the supplier or other external source and how much can be passed down within the firm . |