Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 2 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 3 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 4 | I also hoped that the speculation at work as to what was going to be done with George 's office would die down for a while . |
| 5 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 6 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 7 | Ask if you can come down for a day or two . |