Example sentences of "down an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too expedient and un-systematic to be called a philosophy , they comprise even so a kind of official doctrine , rather as though a series of government inquiries on the press had set down an official theory of ‘ the Fourth Estate ’ . |
| 2 | But we 've been unable to track down an official aid organisation which has worked with her . |
| 3 | Lamont may attempt to lay down an encouraging market for the industry . |
| 4 | But erm we could cut down an awful lot of these accidents and erm it does n't matter at the end of the day what level it is . |
| 5 | The pro-Hezbollah Voice of the Oppressed radio reported on May 31 that the " Islamic Resistance " had that day shot down an Israeli aircraft over Janta in the Bekaa Valley . |
| 6 | It 's actually caused by an inability in the digestive system to break down an essential food that we eat , so there 's one type of food that the body can not use and this body , this , this component , this food substance turns to a , a poison and causes severe damage to the individual who 's affected . |
| 7 | Thus , in deciding , for example , whether to close down an unprofitable factory and make those working in it redundant , the directors are required to consider the effect of closure on the employees , but they are nevertheless under a duty to shut the factory if they believe this to be in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 8 | Two miners had been instructed to bring down an unsafe part of the roof which presented a danger to the miners . |
| 9 | In the first attack of its type in the 11-year civil war , the FMLN were said to have shot down an A-37 jet aircraft on Nov. 23 with a Sam-7 or Sam-14 ground-to-air missile . |
| 10 | A single machine-gun , two at most , could bring down an entire battalion , as the men advanced , on Rawlinson 's orders , at a steady 90m/100yds a minute . |
| 11 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 12 | Increasingly local Law Societies are either undertaking training or can be persuaded to do so , and bringing down an experienced personal injury practitioner or trainer from London may not seem too horrendous an idea if the local Law Society is funding and arranging it . |
| 13 | The scanning expert said : ‘ The easiest way to do that would be to enhance the quality of the original recording then just play it down an ordinary phone to a mobile phone in an area where the signal was strong . |
| 14 | Her photo shows son Philip , three , having a great time in Cornwall , shooting down an amazing mirrored tunnel-slide . |
| 15 | In February 1952 an attempt was made to burn down an Evangelical church in Seville , and Cardinal Segura published a virulently anti-Protestant pastoral letter , in which he effectively accused Franco of betraying the sacred identity of Spain as a Catholic nation . |
| 16 | Sharpe angled away from the river , guiding the horse beside a field of rye which had grown as tall as a man.The field path led uphill , then , after picking a delicate path through a tangled copse where tree roots gave treacherous footing for the horse , Sharpe slid down an earthen bank on to a rutted road where he was shadowed and hidden from the Dragoons by the trees that arched overhead . |
| 17 | It is easy to write down an equivalent definition of unc that is a straightforward recursion on syntax . |
| 18 | Indeed , taking things a step further , you can break down an overall favourable attitude to a brand into a set of attitudes to different aspects of the brand . |
| 19 | It was as if she 'd thrown down an invisible gauntlet on the table , and Shae knew a moment 's bleakness . |
| 20 | In early July an American warship in the Gulf shot down an Iranian airliner . |
| 21 | Jabril , it said , had allegedly had Iranian financial backing , and the Lockerbie attack was thus interpreted as a revenge attack after the US navy had shot down an Iranian airliner in July 1988 [ see pp. 36169-70 ] . |
| 22 | Allegations in a broadcast by the US television company ABC News provoked renewed controversy on the fourth anniversary of the incident on July 3 , 1988 , when the US warship Vincennes shot down an Iranian civilian airliner [ see pp. 36169-70 ] . |
| 23 | Two book shops and a newspaper office have been firebombed , possibly because of Mr Salman Rushdie 's novel ’ The Satanic Verses ’ , and an attempt was made on the life of the wife of the captain of the uss Vincennes , the ship that shot down an Iranian airbus . |
| 24 | On March 21 and 22 , 1990 , Kurdish rebels , said to be KWP members , shot dead nine Turkish mine-workers on their way to work , while others burned down an elementary school in Yukarigungoren village in Agri Dogubeyazit . |
| 25 | I am not sure that the right hon. Gentleman has told the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) that , but perhaps the hon. Gentleman is putting down an early marker for after the next election . |
| 26 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 27 | Unita rebels shot down an Angolan military MI-17 helicopter , injuring two crewmen , the official news agency Angop said yesterday . |
| 28 | Phonetic refers to a way of writing down an accurate version of what sounds people make when they talk , and uses phonetic symbols ; so butter would be written phonetically as |
| 29 | That day in 1958 the Northern Echo also reported that municipal busmen had turned down an extra five bob a week on their £8 15s , that Cliff Jones Britain 's most expensive footballer at £35,000 had broken a leg and carried a front page headline about the Royal family . |
| 30 | The last contingent of 160 officers and men of the Parachute Battalion of the Indian Army left the Maldives on Nov. 3 , 1989 , a year after a detachment totalling 1,200 men of the same unit had intervened at the request of the Maldivian President , Abdul Gayoom , to put down an attempted coup [ see p. 36350 ] . |