Example sentences of "down as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're desperate to put that right because we do n't want to go down as one-season wonders . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When the Rolling Stones leapt on stage in jeans and open necked shirts they were immediately marked down as Dangerous Rebels . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . " |
| 6 | Fr Walter Lini stood down as Prime Minister of Vanuatu on Sept. 6 , following his defeat in a parliamentary vote of confidence . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In a board reorganisation , Sir Brian is stepping down as chief executive . |
| 10 | MAURICE SAATCHI , who with his brother Charles created Saatchi & Saatchi , the world 's biggest advertising group , is stepping down as chief executive . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Daryl Foster is stepping down as Western Australia 's coach after 17 seasons . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He 's down as resident physician at Whitely . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But it does rot down as fine compost , solving the heavyweight problem of what to do with old phone books . |
| 19 | Another big reshuffle could come in 18 months to two years , by which time Mr Patten could be back in Parliament and Mr Douglas Hurd , having helped lead Britain 's presidency of the EC in the second half of this year , may have decided to step down as Foreign Secretary to pursue another career . |
| 20 | About half Britain 's sulphur rains down as wet deposition and half is dry fallout . |
| 21 | Since the beginning of life , Tory mythology has had students down as long-haired layabouts with no sense of duty , patriotism or where the bathroom is . |