Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This improvement in standards can only be put down to cellar training . |
| 2 | It can only be put down to the ravages of drink ’ . |
| 3 | UNSIGHTLY billboards could soon be taken down around Darlington through new powers adopted by the borough council . |
| 4 | I do n't know maybe it may just be come down to sort of the individual theatres I suppose |
| 5 | Granted the rich diversity of the phenomena of the biological world , a disagreement over results can generally be put down to differences between animals ( ‘ species or strain differences ’ , for instance ) or to subtle alterations in experimental conditions , and can therefore be fudged or ignored . |
| 6 | For internal management control purposes a annual budget will normally be broken down into discrete quarterly , monthly or even shorter periods . |
| 7 | Although most departments have drawn up plans , many areas of departmental work can not easily be broken down into discrete cost centres . |
| 8 | And since complicated situations or statements can very easily be broken down into a set of simple statements , this in effect means that computers can store complex pieces of information too . |
| 9 | Although the long list of available versions of Mahler 's various symphonic off-spring can usually be whittled down to a shortlist without too much difficulty , the situation regarding praiseworthy recoding of the Third has almost reached saturation point . |
| 10 | An important part of the treatment of candidiasis is to avoid sugary foods , and other refined carbohydrates ( white flour , white bread etc ) which can quickly be broken down into sugar once they reach the gut . |
| 11 | The into-wind wing must always be kept down by moving the stick across a little into wind , and it is always necessary to rudder out of the wind . |
| 12 | But since more complicated instructions can always be broken down into a collection of simple steps , this does n't matter either . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The broad Shetlander identity can also be broken down into various sorts of identities . |
| 15 | Their victory can also be put down to the lack of a co-ordinated attack by the Whites . |
| 16 | Whereas we are encouraged to remember the pre-war years as the home of traditional discipline and common sense , we can hardly fail to notice the sympathy which reaches out to Hatton 's bad boys or to Butterworth 's hyperactive little terror — a sympathy , what is more , that nowadays would often be slapped down as a sentimental , modern , postwar ‘ permissive ’ fad . |
| 17 | If this were an isolated case , it might simply be put down to an individual health authority overreacting to public embarrassment . |
| 18 | Although there is no rule requiring them to do so , many district judges scrutinize the defences in small claims matters to see : ( 1 ) if they are viable and if not to make appropriate directions including a striking-out order and a requirement for a " full and proper " defence to be filed ; ( 2 ) if the matter can immediately be set down for arbitration with appropriate directions ; ( 3 ) if a PTR is necessary or can be dispensed with . |
| 19 | It may be that those aspects of a curriculum , such as skills which are readily expressible in behavioural terms could usefully be laid down in some detail while other aspects , such as problem solving would be more loosely specified or , perhaps , not specified at all . |
| 20 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 21 | The cost accounts will therefore be closed down on the same date . |
| 22 | Too much heat during ironing will damage fibres and they should never be damped down during ironing otherwise the fabric will be permanently spoilt with a watermark . |
| 23 | Some of them have concluded that existence constitutes that universal and elusive divine presence which can never be pinned down as a particular constituent of reality . |