Example sentences of "be [vb pp] down to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pilot hole will be drilled down to 1155 metres as a precautionary measure against shallow gas . |
| 2 | ‘ The refinancing will place the necessary cash at the disposal of Norsk Data A/S , enabling it to carry out a private resolution in which its unsecured creditors are offered a cash dividend of 25% , but the banks ‘ required as a condition for financing that the present share capital shall be written down to zero , and that a share issue shall be carried out by partly converting the banks ’ debt into equity . ’ |
| 3 | At thirty quid , all but 5p , I originally thought the package was a wee bit overpriced — I 'd have said £20 was a better price point for it , but then I expect that it will be discounted down to that level anyway . |
| 4 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 5 | These can be used down to 600 and 350 cm -1 , respectively ; for lower frequencies , CsI can be used down to 200 cm -1 but it is softer and much more expensive . |
| 6 | These can be used down to 600 and 350 cm -1 , respectively ; for lower frequencies , CsI can be used down to 200 cm -1 but it is softer and much more expensive . |
| 7 | the contacts are and everything and I think that 's much better if it can be got down to that eventually |
| 8 | There is clearly now an urgent need for a Historic Stations Trust to remove those treasures that remain beyond the reach of the hammers of the destroyers , both official and unofficial , so that at least part of this precious heritage may be handed down to future generations . |
| 9 | They do n't like to be tied down to certain types of delay ; they 'd rather leave that sort of decision until the mix . ’ |
| 10 | Certainly the word ‘ romance ’ can not be tied down to any one meaning . |
| 11 | The Queen of Beauty can not be pinned down to one expression , and every female image of beauty that is created is only a single realization of a great range of possibilities . |
| 12 | The qualities of the Queen of the Night , as with the other eight archetypes , can be discovered in a variety of personal and cultural contexts ; none of the Nine can ever be pinned down to one final form . |
| 13 | But Prince is either too frivolous or too religious for his flighty fancies to be pinned down to this discourse of responsibility and constructive intervention . |
| 14 | ‘ Places like Ayr , Largs and Helensburgh which currently have trains until late at night and weekends would be cut down to peak-hour commuter services because they are the only ones that make money . |
| 15 | That 's all you 've got to go , so them poles have got to be cut down to five foot , two five foots , four , four five foots |
| 16 | Bids for more will be scaled down to 17,000 shares . |
| 17 | The biggest problem is that when the clean coal technology plants are available , judging by present progress , the British coal industry will be run down to such an extent that it will not be able to meet the demand from the plants . |
| 18 | The industry may be run down to 12 or 14 pits , and there may be no interest from the private sector , because long-term contracts may not be negotiated , especially in view of the amount of imported coal . |
| 19 | Band filters that can be tuned down to low frequencies are useful in a host of applications including electronic oscillators . |
| 20 | In a way , it has to be put down to mutual dependence . |
| 21 | Likes and dislikes can not be put down to pure genetic inheritance alone . |
| 22 | If that change can be put down to one man it is Bob Brett , who took over coaching duties from Balazs Taroczy in February last year . |
| 23 | They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience . |
| 24 | No I mean I I do n't think what happened on Piper can be put down to basic safety . |
| 25 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 26 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 27 | In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error . |
| 28 | Therefore , the soil has to be removed down to firm ground , and a firm foundation prepared for the side walls . |
| 29 | The predictions made by Johnson were tested by simulation studies , which showed that even for a 100 per cent packed file , if the discipline he recommended is adhered to , the average number of accesses can be kept down to 1.5 per retrieval , and for larger bucket sizes this is reduced to around 1.25 . |
| 30 | There was no hint that Waringstown would be kept down to such a moderate total when Shane Harrison and Brian Sturgeon put on 46 for the first wicket . |