Example sentences of "down [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bend down right foot , bend down toes |
| 2 | The government laid down extensive amendments at both the Committee and Third Reading stages of the Bill , such that one MP considered that there had been a ‘ complete rewriting of the whole Bill ’ and another that it ‘ has become virtually a Government Bill ’ |
| 3 | Effec essentially supply we we 've got over s , over supply and that brings down agricultural prices , erm and so wor world prices tend to be a lot lower than they would would have been in the absence of support . |
| 4 | ‘ However we have had our best year in cutting down agricultural pollution to date , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Do not forget that even if you are a potential council or housing association tenant , you have the right to turn down unsuitable property or demand that certain repairs be carried out before you sign on the dotted line . |
| 6 | The second set took just 24 minutes as Ivanisevic lost only four points on serve , banged down eight aces and broke Sampras 's serve twice . |
| 7 | The next day the boy seemed to work just as hard and just as long , but he only chopped down eight trees . |
| 8 | The hundred shares index closed down eight points at thirty one twenty nine point six |
| 9 | The hundred shares index closed down eight points at thirty , seventy-seven point six . |
| 10 | Last year loyalists gunned down eight people whereas republicans killed 15 . |
| 11 | The hundred shares index closed down eight point seven at twenty-five , thirteen point nine . |
| 12 | The hundred shares index closed down eight point five at two eight six nine point nine |
| 13 | The hundred shares index closed down eight point four at three thousand and ninety two point four |
| 14 | The hundred shares index closed down eight point four at twenty-seven , o two point seven . |
| 15 | A pirate radio station , which was forced to close down eight years ago , is back on the air — but this time it 's completely legal . |
| 16 | One elderly juror , whose house had burned down eight months before North appeared , said she tuned in a little to the hearings as she tried to sort everything out , but ‘ it was just like I was focussing on ‘ The Three Stooges ’ or something . ’ |
| 17 | Multi-party talks at Codesa ( the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ) broke down eight months ago when the ANC walked out after the massacre of more than 40 of its sympathisers in Boipatong township by followers of the Zulu-dominated Inkatha Freedom Party . |
| 18 | Laying down broad belts of asphalt might , by developing thermal convention , lead to increased precipitation . |
| 19 | As approved by the conference , the 27-page Declaration laid down broad principles of environmentally-sound development , but was generally viewed as a somewhat unsatisfactory compromise between the widely differing wishes of various states . |
| 20 | The summit approved a 27-page declaration laying down broad principles of sustainable development . |
| 21 | Q S P Six er gives generic job descriptions and sets down broad responsibility statements relating to quality and safety . |
| 22 | This deed specifies the objectives of the trust and lays down broad conditions governing the management of the funds . |
| 23 | On the one hand there was the central government and its economic ( and taxation ( plans which laid down broad policy and investment strategy ; on the other hand was the ‘ club ’ of often just two traditional suppliers of equipment . |
| 24 | Tobacco sales were down 7.6 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and 9.6 percent in the second three months . |
| 25 | Action is being demanded to track down possible visitors from outer space and this is serious . |
| 26 | The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at twenty-five , sixty point two . |
| 27 | The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at twenty-four , fifty-six point six . |
| 28 | The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at two eight eight six |
| 29 | The hundred shares index closed down eleven points at thirty one fifty four point three |
| 30 | The clerk turned to me and I gave him my passport and put down eleven packets and envelopes on the counter for posting . |