Sentence examples for working down from from inspiring English sources
He made a quick, vertical cut, working down from just below the navel, through one layer at a time: skin, fat, muscle, the peritoneal membrane.
As if this lily needed gilding, the developers calculate that the highest apartment is equal to an 80th-floor elevation -- 700 feet divided by an 8-foot-8-inch floor -- and have numbered the towers accordingly, working down from the top: 80, 79, 78, etc.
Within the umbrella of trees you can have layers of shade working down from the canopy, past tall shrubs and perennials to smaller ones, to low-growing ground cover and plants that spill out from shade, like primroses, wood anemones or snowdrops.
Lakshmi Mittal has it now," says Balmond. "The Orbit had been well thought through at the concept stage," says Richard Henley, "with an eye for working down from the big picture to the individual components that would make it work structurally and visually.
Tie a succession of decorative knots in the hemp cords, working down from the overhand knot you just tied.
Lift up the graphic and wet the area the graphic is to be applied, carefully peel off the back from the graphic and working down from the top of the graphic, squeegee down working the air bubbles and wetting solution out.
It is easier to inch up to find the other person's reservation price, than having to work down from a high first offer.
This chapter also explains the procedural languages such as C, which are historically programmed Top-Down style: start with the main program, define the procedures, and work down from there.
It had been told to hold its area until other companies, driving over the ground and clearing hidden explosives from the roads, worked down from the northwest and caught up.
Oxfam worked down from the top of Forbes's list of the world's billionaires, adding up their net worth until it reached the amount held by the poorest half.
That way you keep "your most important advantage - the right to walk away". In negotiating the new-car price, Mr. Gillis says, start with the dealer's price and work up, rather than work down from the retail price.
