Trend Car Crime Adverb Bre ˈdaʊnwədz ˈdaʊnwərdz Lying

• she was lying face downwards on the grass.
• the garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
• it was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the us president downwards.
• nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2008 and the trend is downwards.

downwards

1. towards the ground or towards a lower level
• opposite upwards
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• She was lying face downwards on the grass.
• The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
• It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards.
• Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2008 and the trend is downwards.
• Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested).
• Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
• Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
• The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
• According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26% down on the previous year.
• There was an 11% drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
• These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.