Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arguably this cuts down on women 's contact with other people . |
| 2 | So this damping down of the sensory input when attention moves elsewhere can occur very early in the pathway from the sense organ to the brain . |
| 3 | And he knows his next clanger will trigger yet another repeat showing — as well as threatening the first-team place he has worked so hard to hold down at table-topping Blackburn . |
| 4 | But they can be incredibly frustrating when something goes wrong because it 's so hard to get down to a nitty gritty level to sort out your problems . |
| 5 | The restrictions which bound individual Japanese to conformity were less those laid down by law than the more pervasive ones of social ethic and social convention which discouraged a ‘ selfish ’ individualist approach . |
| 6 | Pay in the professional grade of the civil service is better at starting than in the administrative grade , and it is only one step down at the top . |
| 7 | The company seems to have been forgiven for its oil spill in the Mersey estuary in 1989 ; it came third in ‘ community and environmental responsibility ’ , only one place down from last time . |
| 8 | On the other hand , he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion . |
| 9 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |
| 10 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 11 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 12 | These have proved difficult if not impossible to pin down in any precise terms and demand for them appears to be similarly volatile … . |
| 13 | The biggest Orcs of all are the Warbosses and Warlords , but there are some almost equally big Orcs who consider themselves just one step down from the great leader himself . |
| 14 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 15 | It gets progressively harder to get down in temperature , does it ? |
| 16 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 17 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
| 18 | However , by the autumn of 1992 , both the government and other experts were predicting that the continuing recession would lead to a still more rapid slow down in the growth of government revenue . |
| 19 | Curzon was more difficult to drive down to the provinces . |
| 20 | Students seem much more inclined to knuckle down to the work and not get involved in quite such dramatic protests as they were before . |
| 21 | ‘ Seriousness ’ , a key word in his vocabulary , and perhaps the most important trait of his character , is ever ready to break down into self-mockery , ever willing to enjoy the jeux d'esprit with which his work and art are replete . |
| 22 | The level of material is also hard to pin down with workable definitions . |
| 23 | If all this excitement drains you and you feel the need for a caffeine boost try the marble interior of Bewley 's coffee house on Grafton St. For something more wholesome , try Colony 's just down the road , where you can find vegetarian food , which is notoriously hard to track down in Dublin . |
| 24 | it is also helpful to note down on the card idiomatic phrases using the lexical item in question , or illustrative sentences to show its range of meaning . |
| 25 | Also difficult to look down at watch . |
| 26 | Social workers and their managers are clearly ready to knuckle down to the task of making the policy work for users . |
| 27 | Oh I think er starting fr it 's harder work starting Well it 's hard work anyway th I mean sometimes er a a job that 's been polished before , it 's patchy but I mean that 's really all stripped down to You know what I mean , it 's it 's a It 's that 's all stripped down |
| 28 | Pig 64 , on the other hand , are as difficult to pin down as a greased pig on rollerskates . |
| 29 | He sat back and folded his arms , giving me the impression that he was now ready to get down to some serious talking . |
| 30 | They have n't half gone down in price |