Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 3 | Speaking on implementing the guidelines laid down by the fifth plenum , government spokesperson Yuan Mu said on Nov. 22 : " The main problem behind the many mistakes which have occurred in China in the past lies within the party and it is therefore necessary first to focus attention on the party itself in solving the problem " ( of " dilution and weakening of party leadership , neglect of ideological and political work , and neglect of the building of party style " ) . |
| 4 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 5 | A jury found that Mr McCaffrey had forced open the doors of the lift and squeezed through a narrow 11in gap in a bid to jump down to the third floor landing . |
| 6 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 7 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 8 | That 's despite profits going DOWN by a third to £778 million because of the hot weather . |
| 9 | It was not until seven o'clock in the morning that Gabriel climbed down from the last rick , exhausted and wet to the skin . |
| 10 | At no time in its long history of seven hundred years has Parliament governed , nor save for a brief period when the Constitution broke down in the seventeenth century has it made any claim to do so . |
| 11 | There seems little chance of one of the party 's senior professionals stepping down in the next few months to create a by-election for the Tory chairman . |
| 12 | The main forces that work against trade union interest , according to Beaumont , are the difficulties experienced by unions in using the favourable industrial relations procedures laid down by the last Labour Government ; moves in the public sector that have made trade union organization difficult , and , in the case of GCHO , unlawful ; and the Conservative Government 's continuing drive against the closed shop . |
| 13 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 14 | ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’ |
| 15 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 16 | Where further notification is not given on the fourth day in accordance with the procedures laid down for the second stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP from the fourth day of absence for that reason only . |
| 17 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 18 | Gloucester won 14 -3 and Nottingham dropped down to the second division … this time around the Kingsholm men are looking over their shoulders … but those relegation worries were eased last Saturday with that 18-6 win over London Irish … tonight it 's a club match no league points to be won or lost but Gloucester want every win they can get |
| 19 | The EC troika arrived in Zagreb on Aug. 2 but talks in Belgrade broke down after the third round on Aug. 4 which Milosevic boycotted . |
| 20 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 21 | AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool . |
| 22 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 23 | Generals , officers , non-commissioned officers , and men fought shoulder to shoulder down to the last shot . |
| 24 | The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down . |
| 25 | As cricket activity wound down during the first two years of the war the Otago CA was finding Crawford to be an expensive acquisition , with only £103 in the Coach 's Fund and £169 being paid out for a six-month period . |
| 26 | Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet . |
| 27 | The paramount feature of pentatonic scales is the absence of semitones : This absence of semitones has two effects : there is no leading note to pull towards the tonic ; and no fourth degree note to gravitate down to the third . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , then , their package of proposals for constitutional change has much in common with the perspective set down in the last section . |