Example sentences of "down for good " in BNC.

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1 In more recent years , as the first nuclear stations near the end of their working lives , attention has focused on the waste created when a nuclear power station is shut down for good , the process called decommissioning ( see Chapter Six ) .
2 Alon also experimented with the basic design , building a 130 hp Franklin-engined version and a prototype Alon A–4 with a Lycoming O–320 160 hp motor , before selling the type certificate of the Aircoupe to Mooney Aircraft , whereupon Mooney changed it to a single-tail design and manufactured it as the M–10 Cadet , producing 61 at $9,295 each before shutting the line down for good in 1970 .
3 A meeting in March should have resolved some of the present issues but the long-term future of the Biennale still presents difficulties : ‘ Let's have the centenary then close the Biennale down for good ’ is the recent opinion of Gianni de Michelis , Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs .
4 Loulou danced twice with Flavia , once with Therese and twice with Jeannine and sat down for good after that ; Flavia danced also with Giles , with Paul and with Therese who was able to show the steps .
5 It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else .
6 Armenia is begging Russia to recommission two old reactors that had been shut down for good in 1988 under popular pressure .
7 Reports of a rise in radiation levels within the plant have led environmentalists to suggest that there may be cracks in the reactor 's primary container system and that the plant should be shut down for good .
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