Example sentences of "down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Everyone will be down for early breakfast . |
| 32 | In ‘ Comfort ’ , gear ratios are maintained as high as possible , while in ‘ Special Range ’ it is quicker to kick down for rapid acceleration and remains in a lower ratio until higher engine speeds . |
| 33 | Hair was then set on rollers and dressed to achieve height on the crown and pieces were brought down for added softness . |
| 34 | Yes it 's now going to take two years longer I think than was originally er contended , to what extent is this due to technical difficulties and to what extent is it due to one of our partners and Germany one 's thinking of in particular , wishing to slow the programme down for fiscal reasons ? |
| 35 | In addition , questions may be put down for written answer . |
| 36 | Richard Gere 's wife let her hair down for free at a New York AIDS benefit show . |
| 37 | However , at one stage , different conditions were laid down for different nationalities : a national plebiscite was demanded in order to ratify independence for Poland , Courland and Lithuania , whereas a vote of workers alone was required for the Ukraine , the Caucasus republics and Latvia . |
| 38 | The main frame is constructed out of three shock corded poles which break down for convenient transportation whilst the dome itself fits away compactly . |
| 39 | A startling 24 failed to meet standards laid down for public water supplies . |
| 40 | She skipped in the stableyard and jumped up and down off orange boxes in the storeroom and occasionally thought back to her carefree days before Sylvester went mad on their behalf . |
| 41 | Right then is we go down about halfway . |
| 42 | We can not dance up and down about poor Poll ; it would not help her . |
| 43 | The river current swept Trent down between Golden Girl 's twin hulls . |
| 44 | ‘ We 're desperate to put that right because we do n't want to go down as one-season wonders . |
| 45 | On June 21 Jörg Haider , 40 , the populist leader of the Freedom Party of Austria ( FPÖ ) , was obliged to step down as provincial governor ( Landeshauptmann ) of Carinthia . |
| 46 | When the Rolling Stones leapt on stage in jeans and open necked shirts they were immediately marked down as Dangerous Rebels . |
| 47 | The assiduous Cyril Cooper has stepped down as General Secretary to become vice-chairman and was recently honoured at a special lunch at Lord 's . |
| 48 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 49 | Fr Walter Lini stood down as Prime Minister of Vanuatu on Sept. 6 , following his defeat in a parliamentary vote of confidence . |
| 50 | Mulroney accepted that the referendum result had consigned the Charlottetown agreement to " history " , but rejected suggestions that , in the face of such a personal reverse , he might step down as Prime Minister . |
| 51 | CANADIAN Prime Minister Brian Mulroney resigned as Conservative Party leader yesterday and will step down as prime minister when his successor is picked in June to lead the party into autumn elections . |
| 52 | In a board reorganisation , Sir Brian is stepping down as chief executive . |
| 53 | MAURICE SAATCHI , who with his brother Charles created Saatchi & Saatchi , the world 's biggest advertising group , is stepping down as chief executive . |
| 54 | Tom Frost stepped down as chief executive of National Westminster Bank to help out the latest Department of Trade inquiry into the Blue Arrow affair . |
| 55 | A VICTORIOUS Mr Major was back in Downing Street last night finalising an extensive Cabinet reshuffle as the twice-defeated Mr Kinnock was preparing to stand down as Labour leader , probably in the autumn . |
| 56 | Daryl Foster is stepping down as Western Australia 's coach after 17 seasons . |
| 57 | Chase turned out to be a tuba player , of all things , though I would have put him down as backing vocals for The Communards on appearances alone . |
| 58 | I see that the title is down as Historical Memory , but I would prefer to call it , if it must have a title , Memory of History . |
| 59 | He 's down as resident physician at Whitely . |
| 60 | The fact that Chant , knowing he was going to be murdered ( that much was cogent ) , should have chosen to set these nonsenses down as vital information was proof of significant derangement . |