Sentence examples for draw down was from inspiring English sources

At the height of plant growth, photosynthesis CO2 draw down was as high as 3950 ppm d−1, and averaged 265 ppm h−1 (whole day averages) during lighted hours with a range of 156 – 390 ppm h−1.

"Draw down" is also a commonly used metaphor, but I'm not at all sure for what.

Worst hit by the draw down are expected to be the towns of  Paderborn, where some 10,000 British troops and their dependants are based and Herford which is home to 2,200 soldiers and their families.

He said: "The GAD rates on which the level of income you can draw down is based were under review, but HM Revenue and Customs said it would wait until the outcome of this ruling was known.

And the worsening intensity of fighting as international forces draw down is starkly illustrated by the fact that two-thirds more women were killed in crossfire during ground attacks.

"The pace with which we draw down and how many we draw down is going to be conditions-based".

"This is not a bail-out," she told AMs. "Any money that's drawn down is conditional".

Drawing down is a very complex process - clearing the camp is the biggest logistical operation undertaken since World War Two.

Let's suppose that in both cases the endpoint cost is zero [which, unfortunately, is unlikely, but if you look at the numbers of the Iraq drawdown, pulling out troops has eliminated most of the cost.] And suppose that in both cases the cost reductions caused by drawing down were linear: that is, when you're half way to drawing down completely, then you're spending half as much.

Some will say this shows the pace of the draw-down is too swift, while critics of the war will use it to argue that the US should never have become as engaged as it has.

Click HERE to view graphic (215k jpg) Timed to be completed at the end of September 2012 – just weeks before Mr Obama's seeks re-election – the draw-down is more rapid and more substantial than his military commanders would have liked, and will be seen as an acknowledgement of growing domestic impatience with the war after a decade of fighting.