Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the policing of images of sexual violence appears to fall down the gap between the two , sometimes being subject to one policy , and sometimes the other . |
| 2 | The Convoy Aid Romania coordinator has challenged other mercy groups to a public debate but Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has turned down the invitation . |
| 3 | When a vigorous secondary fermentation begins to die down the soft peg is replaced with a hard one to keep the gas inside the cask , which gives the beer a natural sparkle in the glass . |
| 4 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 5 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |