Example sentences of "[vb infin] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Do n't slow down every time , Loc , he told his driver curtly in French . |
| 2 | In the standard recovery , the full opposite rudder is always applied first , and if it does slow down the rotation , the nose of the glider will automatically drop , helping to unstall the wings . |
| 3 | The brewers argued that introducing arbitration would inevitably slow down the process of negotiating agreements . |
| 4 | This narrowing or furring up of the arteries can slow down the flow of the blood to your heart ( giving rise to the condition known as angina ) or even cut off the supply completely , at which point a heart attack then occurs . |
| 5 | Vitamin E : research shows that it interrupts the free radical chain of destruction and so can slow down the ageing process . |
| 6 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 7 | LICENSING difficulties may slow down the building of nuclear power plants in the United States , Britain and West Germany — but the French still press on almost untrammelled by objectors . |
| 8 | If you live at any distance from medical help , or are not within easy reach of a telephone , it might be wise to add some ‘ activated charcoal ’ to the medicine cupboard , as it can slow down the absorption of poison . |
| 9 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 10 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 11 | It is believed the characteristic dimply appearance results from a build-up of toxins and fluid which can slow down the metabolism of the cells . |
| 12 | To add a new word into the dawg , the current structure would need to be searched both forwards and backwards to establish whether or not the required paths exist , which would slow down the building algorithm ( see section 3.3.3 ) . |
| 13 | Lower stimulus intensities will engender fewer sensitized stores and the greater diffusional distances will slow down the wave speeds . |
| 14 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
| 15 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 16 | Thus one organization will expound in the media about the urgent need to ‘ slow down the hospital closures ’ , while another will follow hot on their heels , saying , ‘ Close the hospitals as rapidly as possible . ’ |
| 17 | In regions of slower expansion , the gravitational attraction of the matter would slow down the expansion still further . |
| 18 | The Institute of Housing , in more moderate tones , claims that the replacement of fair rents by market rents will slow down the decline of the private rented sector rather than revive it . |
| 19 | Although the structure and powers of the new committee have yet to be decided , conservationists argue that the additional bureaucracy will slow down the process of designation , cost a lot of money , reduce the power of SNH and may result in designated sites losing their status . |
| 20 | Better sacks have bound seams which do at least slow down the leaking process . |
| 21 | Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer , tending to make the action sluggish . |
| 22 | Furthermore , it may be in Big 's interest to deliberately slow down the progress of an acquisition possibly to await the occurrence of certain events or to put pressure on the vendor . |
| 23 | John Houghton , director of the Meteorological Office and chair of the IPCC 's Working Group I , said that Thatcher 's programme , if repeated worldwide , would not stop the rise in temperatures , but would slow down the rate of increase . |
| 24 | The merger with the CBSI should slow down the fall in membership and thus the subscription base , though the eventual impact on reserves is hard to forecast . |
| 25 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 26 | It 's not a miracle cure , but it 's hoped American trials prove it can slow down the onset of Aids . |
| 27 | If you can throw down the shoulder line , then you might as well put the ball in the jumper 's hands , never mind throw it to him . |
| 28 | Since , in 1850 , the one bastion of that order which had escaped major trouble in 1848 was the Russian Empire , it was likely that at some point France would throw down the gauntlet to the tsar . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not throw down the gauntlet ! |
| 30 | Two , to see whether we can knock down the price and whether we can get him to come up here in the same way as Doctor does and do it that way to reduce the costs . |