Example sentences of "[vb past] down [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1898 the rigidly enforced ‘ code ’ of practice which laid down curriculum guidelines for elementary schools ( Standard 1 to 7 ) was abolished . |
| 2 | I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel . |
| 3 | Modern deposits are not , it seems , laid down layer upon layer over a wide area . |
| 4 | Mary Bunn , hitting the keys harder and harder for Jesus , lifted herself off the stool and brought her bum down with a crash as she laid down chord after chord . |
| 5 | Whether such complex formal procedures could be incorporated into a graduated test scheme seems doubtful ; the few existing schemes in Britain make use of less formal teacher judgement , within guidelines from the central development team , or laid down criterion scores in tests . |
| 6 | In 1982 after Mexico said it was unable to pay its debts , the IMF ( International Monetary Fund ) moved to prevent a crisis , and in return for giving debtor countries a longer time to pay , the IMF laid down austerity measures — with dire consequences for the poor . |
| 7 | The government also laid down target rates of return for the commercial sectors , that is freight , parcels and Intercity . |
| 8 | The silence continued long , while Harry picked up and laid down tool after tool , smoothed a finger-nail along the chisels , hefted the mallets , turning and twisting like a caged animal with the fury of his longing and the rigidity of his pride . |
| 9 | We lost touch after I moved down South . |
| 10 | I think they moved down south … |
| 11 | Soon after , he and Sonia moved down south . ’ |
| 12 | The army moved down Tweed steadily , scouts well ahead , aware that King Edward would be informed of its presence by now . |
| 13 | Hundreds of protesters on Saturday had forced the legislative session to be suspended for three hours as they shouted down ARENA deputies and screamed for justice . |
| 14 | The Great Britain international hooker charged down full-back Garry Jack 's clumsy attempt to kick up field and then pounced over the line , Paul Eastwood adding the two points . |
| 15 | And in , in her house , she used to light about two hundred candles a night , and she ground down glass and put glitter on all the walls and the furniture and she played with light from these candles . |
| 16 | However , he played down speculation that the Government would seek revenge for alleged anti-Tory bias in BBC coverage of the election . |
| 17 | A succession of senior ministers played down speculation about the leadership by denying the existence of divisions in the Cabinet over Europe and calling on MPs not to divide the party with talk of a leadership contest . |
| 18 | THE LEADERSHIP of the Scottish Labour Party yesterday played down talk of division between moderates and a group led by Mr George Galloway who founded Scotland United — a loose grouping of MPs , trades unionists and other prominent personalities — committed to home rule . |
| 19 | Last night Lord Hanson played down talk of economic recovery in the UK , though he was hopeful that lower UK interest rates ‘ should certainly spark increasing economic activity over time ’ . |
| 20 | This report , also known as the Lawther Report after its chairman Professor Patrick Lawther , played down dust and airborne lead as sources of contamination . |
| 21 | Giles Shaw , Britain 's junior minister , joined American calls for more research and played down acidification as ‘ a problem of great complexity ’ affecting ‘ certain limited areas of the world ’ . |
| 22 | However , at a press conference in March to announce its operating profit , the satellite broadcaster played down programme negotiations with the BBC , claiming all was in-hand . |
| 23 | They went up to Scotland for your christening , 'eighty-three , it must have been no 'eighty-four , and when they came down south again , they came to my office and the wills were drawn up . ’ |
| 24 | As you came down town for my sake really |
| 25 | With what to Erika , used to the erratic behaviour of the old Lada , was miraculous smoothness , the driver let in the gears and drove down Grotewohlstrasse but instead of turning left at Leipziger Strasse , carried on into a warren of tiny streets . |
| 26 | This situation is shown in Fig. 17.3 , where investors anticipated interest rate increases ( and hence sold gilts and drove down gilt prices ) prior to June 1988 , when bank base rates began to rise from 7.5% , until they peaked at 15% in October 1989 . |
| 27 | For your chance to claim one of our 100 1992 Carnation Model Delivery Vans , write with your name and address on the back of a postcard ( or sealed down envelope to : Carnation Offer , Echo Dept C , PO Box 48 , Old Hall Street , Liverpool , L69 3EB . |
| 28 | For your chance to claim one of our 100 1992 Carnation Model Delivery Vans , write — including your name and address on the back of a postcard ( or sealed down envelope to : Carnation Offer , Liverpool Echo Dept C , PO Box 48 , Old Hall Street , Liverpool , L69 3EB . |
| 29 | Put your name and address on the back of a postcard ( or sealed down envelope ) and send it to : Cheesecake Offer , Liverpool Echo , Dept . |
| 30 | On April 2 hundreds of protesters in Tripoli succeeded in entering the Venezuelan embassy and burned down part of it ( the Venezuelan permanent representative at the UN , Diego Arria , having been president of the Security Council for the month of March ) . |