Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] down [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RAPID leaf movements are usually put down to changes in turgor pressure . |
| 2 | Rights of way are often played down by vendors and appear dormant but once negotiations have been legally completed , or work commences on site , are vigorously enforced by the beneficiary . |
| 3 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 4 | ‘ However , the Thais have shown they are really cracking down on foreigners becoming involved in heroin . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This is one of the Australian birds ’ , noted Gould in his Handbook , ‘ which particularly attracted the notice of the earlier voyagers to that country , by nearly every one of whom it is mentioned as being very plentiful on all the islands in Bass 's Straits , and so tame that it might be easily knocked down with sticks or even captured by hand ; during my sojourn in the country I visited many of the localities above mentioned , and found that , so far from being still numerous , it is almost extirpated ; I killed a pair on Isabella Island , one of a small group near Flinder 's Island , on the 12th January 1839 . ’ |
| 6 | It 's not gone through the post and arrived battered , torn or creased ; and it 's not going to be just plumped down in piles on the floor . |
| 7 | Mr Howard , or his possible successor as Employment Secretary , could be humiliatingly voted down over plans to impose a 48-hour working week and a workless Sunday . |
| 8 | Women also tend to have a different , more consensual style of management , and often dislike playing by the corporate rules that are invariably laid down by men . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes they are even hunted down like animals . |
| 10 | In both Britain and France , aspirations were greatly watered down by events . |
| 11 | Taxes and customs duties were raised sharply , but were later scaled down after protests and because of fears of rising inflation . |
| 12 | The sites were actually turned down on highways , not erm , you know , any other reason . |
| 13 | The first of these principles is laid down in Article 5 of the EEC Treaty , which requires Member States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the effectiveness of Community law ; the second principle underlies the constitutional tradition common to the Member States and is also laid down in Articles 6 and 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 14 | He is even weighed down with bracelets and anklets , to discourage him from floating up again too soon . |
| 15 | Professor Eloff ( Northern Transvaal ) is representing Dr Danie Craven , who has run South African rugby for more than 30 years and is about to stand down on grouds of age and health . |
| 16 | The submission was however inconsistent with the law as stated by this House in Reg. v. Governor of Pentonville Prison , Ex parte Sinclair [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 64 , 81–92 , in which it was made clear in the speech of Lord Ackner ( with which the remainder of the Appellate Committee agreed ) that , under the provisions of the Extradition Act 1870 , the powers of the magistrate are specifically laid down in sections 3(1) , 8 , 9 and 10 of the Act ; and that in consequence , apart from consideration where appropriate whether the offence in question was an offence of a political character , the magistrate is not concerned with questions of foreign law at all , being concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to an English crime or crimes specified in the Secretary of State 's order to proceed . |
| 17 | Her mind , like the women in her house , was still laid down in strata , each virtually impermeable to the others . |
| 18 | ‘ He was absolutely weighed down with medals , ’ he recalls , ‘ and by that stage , with so many royal people there , I was in automatic bowing mode . |