Example sentences of "to be [verb] down [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two in five employers said that a woman the same age and with the same skills as a man would be more likely to be turned down because of her age . |
| 2 | The boat 's engines had to be slowed down because of an oil leak at 3 pm. and the Captain radioed for help . |
| 3 | In many cases the scope of a project has to be scaled down because of the restricted data available and/or the restricted resources of the research worker . |
| 4 | THE VISIT by Mother Teresa to Ireland is going ahead — but is expected to be scaled down because of her recent fall in which she broke three ribs . |
| 5 | And of course what very often happens these days , with such a high level of unemployment , is if it 's a fine that 's decided upon — and I think something like in three-quarters of the cases dealt with by Magistrates do end up with a fine — that it has to be scaled down because of the erm poor circumstance , poor financial circumstance in which the defendant is . |