"The difference between winning and losing is often so slight and it's really it comes down to what your attitude is."

VOA: special.2010.06.02

By two thousand seven,however, the numbers were down to less than ten percent of boys and only eight percent of girls.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

You get down to brass tacks when you say, "it sounds good, but how much does it cost?"

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Then a free Negro man who worked at the railroad station, Hayward Shepherd, walked down to the bridge.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

So,if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

When they have removed all the dirt, they are down to the brass tacks, the copper pieces that hold the boat together.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

And so the man took the box, and put up his forty dollars and sat down to wait.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Their bodies,burned by the sun and stained yellow from the raft dye, had winnowed down to skeletons.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

The site gives these example sentences: "After laying down his weapon, the soldier lay down to sleep."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

With his force of less than twenty men, John Brown moved through the darkness down to the bridge that crossed the Potomac River.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

We went down to depth. I'm driving the submarine and I said 'Wow,this is for me.'

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

This week,in New Zealand, crowds of girls even pushed his mother down to get near him.

VOA: special.2010.04.30