Example sentences of "be [verb] down to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is clearly now an urgent need for a Historic Stations Trust to remove those treasures that remain beyond the reach of the hammers of the destroyers , both official and unofficial , so that at least part of this precious heritage may be handed down to future generations . |
| 2 | They do n't like to be tied down to certain types of delay ; they 'd rather leave that sort of decision until the mix . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Places like Ayr , Largs and Helensburgh which currently have trains until late at night and weekends would be cut down to peak-hour commuter services because they are the only ones that make money . |
| 4 | Band filters that can be tuned down to low frequencies are useful in a host of applications including electronic oscillators . |
| 5 | In a way , it has to be put down to mutual dependence . |
| 6 | Likes and dislikes can not be put down to pure genetic inheritance alone . |
| 7 | They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience . |
| 8 | No I mean I I do n't think what happened on Piper can be put down to basic safety . |
| 9 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 10 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 11 | In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error . |
| 12 | Therefore , the soil has to be removed down to firm ground , and a firm foundation prepared for the side walls . |