Example sentences of "will [be] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 1,400 new vehicles have been added to the fleet to replace much older stock , and by next year the average age of vehicles will be down to seven years . |
| 2 | The 2,250 people employed two years ago have been cut to about 1,000 , of whom 300 are on ‘ short-time working with nil hours ’ ; the workforce will be down to 600 by December . |
| 3 | Shoes now priced at £56.95 will be £26.95 , others at £72.95 will be down to £32.95 . |
| 4 | He trained today but still felt the injury and the final decision will be down to him . ’ |
| 5 | It will be down to 37,000 at the end of this year . ’ |
| 6 | It had planned to shed 1,200 this year , but to avoid further ‘ bit by bit ’ cutbacks the company decided to bring forward further redundancy programmes and two weeks ago , 1,400 staff left on a single day and the company will be down to 12,000 by mid-year . |
| 7 | More likely , the majority will be down to about six . |
| 8 | IBM UK Ltd expects to have shed a further 2,000 jobs by July after accelerating its cost-cutting programme : it had planned to shed 1,200 this year , but to avoid further ‘ bit by bit ’ cutbacks the company decided to bring forward further redundancy programmes and two weeks ago , 1,400 staff left on a single day and the company will be down to 12,000 by mid-year . |
| 9 | Otherwise , it will be down to the usual international brinkmanship in Rio itself , and that 's no way to run a planet . |
| 10 | I wonder if Rose will be down to dinner ? ’ |
| 11 | A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen . |
| 12 | By dawn it will be down to 8 celsius . |
| 13 | Business come mid-afternoon will be down to a trickle as people head home to watch the F.A . |