Example sentences of "be [verb] down into " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Goals are much easier to attain if they are broken down into small steps .
2 In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 .
3 If large goals are broken down into small specified short-term tasks , a sense of purpose is created .
4 When these figures are broken down into age groups a strong increasing gradient with age is obvious ( table II ) .
5 Where possible , course descriptions are broken down into undergraduate , postgraduate and professional sections .
6 They are fully bio-degradable in a maximum of three days * , by which time all the active ingredients are broken down into natural harmless substances .
7 As the record company had grown , it too had been broken down into smaller units : DinDisc had been a model for two more affiliated labels , 10 and Siren .
8 What Derrida points out is that this view can creep back into the definition of the sign itself once it has been broken down into a signifier and a signified .
9 The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage .
10 She said the oil had been broken down into small particles and was being absorbed by organisms at the bottom of the food chain .
11 The innocent suffer and the conscientious are trodden down into conformity .
12 If you are walking down into the centre along Avenida do Infante , after the Savoy Hotel you pass the modern Casino Park Hotel and , behind it , the new Casino .
13 He had been looking down into her face , lit by the candle he carried , but some sound had turned his eyes to the back of the hall .
14 Taking men of working-class origin of the same age group in 1983 , and signifying unemployment as a separate category , the survey found 22 per cent were upwardly mobile , 40 per cent remained in working-class positions , while a further 11 per cent had been pushed down into unemployment , and over half of this last group had been without work for over a year .
15 That cooker had gone now , and the table had been moved down into the basement …
16 you 're going down into park
17 Their eye-sockets have no bony floor , so when they blink , the eye-balls are drawn down into the skull and make a bulge in the roof of the mouth which squeezes the lump of food to the back of the throat .
18 That in fact we were looking at almost two months ' work erm for project engineering , when in fact that scheme would have been condensed down into project engineering .
19 And then Grainne said , ‘ It feels as if we are going down into some terrible prison , ’ and Raynor said , ‘ Yes , it is a prison .
20 Structural processes are rendered down into social or psychological properties , which are then erected into totalizing principles of explanation .
21 Large departments are breaking down into a number of smaller units .
22 They are tunnelling down into the sewers and up into the cavity walls and suspended ceilings .
23 This ha , es you feel like you are coming down into the ball , which is a more positive feeling .
24 It seems that each of these can be broken down into five identifiable stages .
25 These can be broken down into organisation of money , time and preparation .
26 The build itself can be broken down into two groups , ‘ Direct Build Costs ’ and ‘ Other Costs . ’
27 The total task needs to be broken down into small easily achieved wins , eg every teacher will be in the playground five minutes before the bell goes to greet children and parents , four children from each class will have their names entered in the ‘ Gold book ’ for good work or praiseworthy actions , any child in hospital for more than one night will receive ‘ get well cards ’ from the class and a visit by a member of staff , the entrance hall is cleared of clutter and made more welcoming for visitors .
28 Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years .
29 Ideally the calculations for increased prices should be broken down into different categories of material and related to the number of volumes purchased by the library in each of these categories .
30 According to the development officers ' monthly reports to their supervisor the distribution of their work could be broken down into roughly three or four elements ( though the amount of time spent on each changed somewhat as the project progressed ) .
  Next page