Example sentences of "which [vb base] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | I frequent the Heath , the Ladies ' Pond , where I meet Kelly and Jo and lush Simone , sunning themselves in topless array and munching on nectarines which drip down necks and towels . |
| 2 | Krakatoa is merely the first of a whole chain of active volcanoes which arc down through the Indonesian islands and round the Pacific to form what geologists call the Ring of Fire . |
| 3 | A range of disorders in the foetus may be caused by the absence of the correct enzymes which break down the food which the foetus absorbs in the womb . |
| 4 | The inguinal swelling ( or ‘ bubo ’ ) continues to enlarge and eventually forms abscesses which break down and discharge on to the shin . |
| 5 | The main frame is constructed out of three shock corded poles which break down for convenient transportation whilst the dome itself fits away compactly . |
| 6 | Disposal of the Trabants has presented problems since the chassis is constructed of synthetic resin and Soviet cotton wool waste , which break down into low-level toxic materials . |
| 7 | Ecologists warn that the gorillas are in danger both from government shelling attacks on suspected rebel positions , and from the latter 's introduction of cattle into the forest , which break down the bush . |
| 8 | Ecover , however , uses only natural vegetable oil based cleaners , derived from renewable resources , which break down rapidly , completely and safely . |
| 9 | This lack of oxygen decreases the activity of micro-organisms which break down detergents . |
| 10 | One idea Claris has taken from its Apple Mac software is the tear-off sheets , which cut down on mouse movement |
| 11 | I knew what they had in mind , they knew my way of working , which cut down enormously on the number of meetings we needed to plan shows out . |
| 12 | This is the area between the southern edge of the shopping area and the top of the bluffs which run down to the river . |
| 13 | We drove up one of the steep hills which look down on the city and are encircled by walls and bastions ( built by the great sixteenth-century architect Michele Sanmichele ) to the house where I was going to live . |
| 14 | There are three windows on the side of the house , which look down onto a small courtyard . |
| 15 | Finally , in December 1945 , the Ministry of Civil Aviation 's White paper on British air services , Cmd. 6712 , which set down the new government 's aviation policy , was submitted to the Cabinet by Lord Winster . |
| 16 | GRE were founder members of the Insurance Ombudsman Bureau , which monitors and arbitrates insurance matters , and members of both Lautro and the Association of British Insurers which set down codes of practice for all members to comply with . |
| 17 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 18 | It is the brackets , of course , which slow down production . |
| 19 | Interestingly , there is a single ‘ command ’ neurone which can cause an increased supply of blood to the body , by stimulating the two accelerating neurones , and inhibiting the neurones which slow down the heart , and also those that constrict the blood-vessels . |
| 20 | It is of course penalty kicks at goal which slow down play and I would deal with them very drastically , as in these modern days they quite often determine the result of a match . |
| 21 | He is ‘ diversifying ’ into modification of nacels ( engine housings ) , and into thrust reversers ( which slow down an aircraft after landing ) , that will further help to keep his little team of engineers occupied . |
| 22 | Indeed we may inhibit their development if we force them to use unfamiliar approaches which slow down their thinking in the cause of a mistaken view of what it is to work systematically . |
| 23 | But it is not only recession fears which drive down the pound . |
| 24 | The sites they choose for nesting are the steep-sided inland gorges and cliffs formed by the rivers which rush down to the sea from the great ice-caps . |
| 25 | … The common ordinary mind is quite unfit to fix for itself what political question it shall attend to ; it is as much as it can do to judge decently of the questions which drift down to it , and are brought before it … |
| 26 | We both reach the slanting , stepped strata which dip down round the summit , and above us , suddenly , came a lightening ; an orange disc , a blueness , a sudden bursting through and resolution of mountain form , a drama of cloudfall , a flotilla of peaks afloat on the vaporous sea . |
| 27 | In this remarkable painting of great simplicity , a deep opaque orange forms the four discs , and then the same translucent colour is brushed in circling movements around two grey stones , which weigh down the composition . |
| 28 | Certainly the galleries where the slate is blasted , which go down 1,500ft in giant steps , have a dramatic quality of their own . |
| 29 | Sometimes you get signs and portents which the quacks ca n't fathom , but which go down like markers for middle-age . |
| 30 | Finally , the beer is piped into barrels which go down to the cellars for storage before delivery . |