Sentence examples for lets it down from inspiring English sources

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The film to watch: Barcelona Vicky Cristina Barcelona, by Woody Allen, makes the titular city look almost as hot as its trio of eads, but lets it down by putting utter tripe into their mouths.

The one thing that lets it down is the software.

Albania, for example, is overdependent on hydropower, which lets it down when, as last winter, there is little water.

The cover lets it down by suggesting it is a girls' book when it is in fact a fantastic novel for both sexes.

The only thing that lets it down is the food - breakfast is a sumptuous five-star affair with omelette chefs and 15 types of bread, and freshly squeezed strawberry juice - but I'm not over-convinced by the evening options.

Yet the script, so far, lets it down: way too many handy-dandy expositions along the lines of "whoever wins the jet engine wins whatever war comes next, so we have to make sure we get it before the Russians or the Americans".

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What let it down was indiscipline.

It is easier to talk a market up than to let it down gently.

The BBC's governance structure has let it down yet again.

Obie unbuttoned his denim shirt and let it down and turned.

So the only thing that can let it down is me".

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