Example sentences of "[verb] down [art] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
| 2 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 3 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 4 | I wish to notify other divers that while diving in Cornwall earlier this year , my buddy and I were charged £2 each for just walking down the slip for a shore dive . |
| 5 | That evening , when Mrs Hollidaye crept into Dot 's bedroom to damp down the fire for the night and check that the guard was securely in place , she had filled a trug basket with garden produce . |
| 6 | This may arise when there are excesses in the diet or when the digestive system is upset and weakened so that it can not fully break down the food for the body to use . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's easy to edit now electronically , but in those days , where editing was done by looking down a microscope for a metal ink pulse , cutting the tape physically with a guillotine and then joining edges together with sticky tape , it took a very long time and could be very wasteful . ’ |
| 8 | She told me , too , of the mines , and how some of the young boys were terrified of going down the pit for the first time , but had to go , as there was no other work for them ; and how at first they had been put to work beside their father , loading the coal he cut , until they had overcome their fear . |
| 9 | After making the running for the first circuit , he let Royal Cedar take a breather going down the back for the last time , with Seagram and Durham Edition leading him down the hill . |
| 10 | Authorised is important because there was a famous case of an insurance company turning down a claim for a fitted kitchen damaged by fire when they discovered that a motorbike was in the kitchen at the time . |
| 11 | A television play or four weeks away in repertory was OK , but I finally lost my agent when I turned down an interview for a job in June , ‘ because I 'll be picking the gooseberries ’ . |
| 12 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 13 | Without a sound , the fire 's wicked eye changed colour as the villagers opened their doors to walk down the valley for the second sacrifice . |
| 14 | Evelyn was heading down the hall for the front door . |
| 15 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 16 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 17 | You wonder at times if anything is straightforward in Bob 's world : does he find popping down the shops for a loaf of bread an emotionally distressing experience ? |
| 18 | Earlier still , rumour had it that England selectors needed only to whistle down a mine-shaft for a couple of fast bowlers to arrive in the next cage . |
| 19 | The President would lose the right to put down a motion for the government 's dismissal . |
| 20 | They tend to avoid US-style controls for damping sudden speculative movements by closing down a market for a particular period . |
| 21 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 22 | The aircraft crossed the overrun , rolled down an embankment for an additional 250 feet into Mountain Creek Lake and came to rest fifty feet off shore . |
| 23 | Police have scaled down the search for a multiple rapist saying they 've no new leads to follow . |
| 24 | Police have scaled down the search for a man who commited at least two rapes , because they have no other leads to follow . |
| 25 | Neighbours of the site are being asked to send their comments on the plans to a Government inspector who will decide whether to uphold Sedgefield District Council 's decision to turn down the extension for the social club . |
| 26 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 27 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 28 | Go down go down a level for the first |
| 29 | So they fan off the loose and close down the spaces for the fly-half or blind-side winger . |
| 30 | The local authority therefore lays down the specification for the road construction and in view of the long-term maintenance obligations , insists on high standards of workmanship and materials . |