Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's ridiculous the whole nation should be slowed down to the mind of a 12-year-old , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ Laz , before you get your trusty Smith and Whatever platinum plated , do n't you think we should be getting down to the business , which is your business . |
| 3 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 4 | Meantime , we 'll be getting down to the fine details . ’ |
| 5 | In the beginning , all carp were streamlined , torpedo-shaped fish , and any variation in girth relative to length ( apart from the difference between mature males and females ) could be put down to the quality of the food supply . |
| 6 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 7 | It 's success could be put down to the hard sell . |
| 8 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 9 | A track wide enough for a tractor could be taken down to the road . |
| 10 | Pete went over to the wagon , and as he was taking out the inventory clipboard he explained that they 'd be going down to the boat house in Diane 's pickup truck . |
| 11 | Two : concentrated distilled gin may be watered down to the correct strength . |
| 12 | It was the focal point of the room , and whenever visiting dignatories and military authorities came to visit Aubagne they would be taken down to the crypt where they would stand and salute the hand . |
| 13 | She hoped the hectic flush would be put down to the exertion of bending nearly double . |
| 14 | Under the bill , many cases now dealt with by the High Court will be moved down to the county courts , currently plagued by staff shortages and a backlog of work . |
| 15 | ‘ As the industry matures , I believe airlines will be stripped down to the core business of flying people and cargo from place to place . |
| 16 | ‘ We are going to build up the commitment to science , because if we carry on like the Tories are , Britain will be pushed down to the second or third division of industrial nations . |
| 17 | The problem of poor image quality can be tracked down to the scanning stage . |
| 18 | Such reasoning can be traced down to the present day , although there are variations on the theme . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ( In this way , the washing up for this modest roast dinner can be kept down to the absolute minimum . ) |