Sentence examples for sunk to below from inspiring English sources

In the months before "Gold Fame Citrus" was published, reservoirs built to funnel water from the Colorado River to the Southern California desert had sunk to below half their capacity.

But the president's popularity ratings have sunk to below 30 percent in the wake of his policies to rein in France's debt and amid criticism of his leadership style.

The Lib Dems fear privately they could lose more than seven seats, sinking to below 10 at Holyrood for the first time since the Scottish parliament was set up.

Investors caught holding Enron's investment-grade bonds as their price sank to below that of junk say that the agencies are just too slow to spot companies' declining health.

Macromedia is still trading near its all-time highs, though, despite sinking to below $30 this July.

It was uninspiring, and take-up of school dinners had sunk to 27% – way below the national average of 40%.

Zhao Wenju, a farmer from Zhangjia village, which is close to Beijing, says that a well that required him to draw water up 9 metres a decade ago has sunk to 60 metres below ground level.

One of these piers was sunk to bedrock, 108 feet below the river surface, the other 17 piers are sunk to the hardpan, which is 80-90 feet below the water level.

The birthrate has sunk to 1.34 per woman, well below replacement levels.

With wind chills factored in, the temperature has repeatedly sunk to the mid-30s, far below average.

Deep wells that are sunk to more than 30,000 feet below the surface routinely cost in excess of $100 million to drill, and often much more.