Example sentences of "down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade Unions often use this source of power when negotiations break down during collective bargaining . |
| 2 | Staff and students are turning the world of learning upside down during Alternative Learning Week as they try out inventive ways of teaching and learning . |
| 3 | The family came to Britain from Assam when their home was burnt down during Hindu Sikh riots nine years ago . |
| 4 | The family came to Britain from Assam when their home was burnt down during Hindu Sikh riots nine years ago . |
| 5 | the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference . |
| 6 | It is correct for most of the chapter with unc taken as a constant but breaks down for ferromagnetic materials , which will be discussed in Section 3.11 . |
| 7 | Dods had his men down for extra training during the week and that had made all the difference , he said . |
| 8 | Anyone sitting down for extensive periods ( as we all had to do in our school days ) would have to tense many of the body 's muscles in order to sit up straight . |
| 9 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 10 | After 400 yds , just before ridge rises , bear half left down off ridge : soon lake and outdoor centre passed at start of walk are seen below — make down for right-hand end of lake . |
| 11 | The grant was broken down for individual lines , as with the pre-1974 British system ( RENFE 1984a : 55–7 , 82 ) . |
| 12 | Much of the material extracted now is ground down for various manufacturing purposes , whilst there is a lively trade in making slate ornaments for the tourist industry . |
| 13 | There are a number of accessories for the sander , including a sanding frame to allow even sanding of large areas , and a frame to hold the tool upside down for stationary use . |
| 14 | This type of information used to be held on an IBM mainframe computer , but this closed down for financial reasons . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Forman has decided to step down for personal reasons . |
| 16 | During his two years in charge , he was responsible for the replacement as manager of Billy Bingham by Gordon Lee , stepping down for personal reasons after a comparatively short spell . |
| 17 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 18 | The government linked the cuts with the need to contain public spending in order to meet the economic convergence criteria laid down for European Community economic and monetary union [ see p. 38658 ] . |
| 19 | avoid sitting down for long periods |
| 20 | Avoid sitting down for long periods without a break . |
| 21 | Every two years , the plants are shut down for major overhaul . |
| 22 | This can be broadly broken down for descriptive purposes as a program staff of 11 , and a support staff of 4 . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel that the trading standards officers have exceeded their authority by requiring Mr Wilson to conform with standards laid down for new stations and not established premises . ’ |
| 24 | In more recent years , as the first nuclear stations near the end of their working lives , attention has focused on the waste created when a nuclear power station is shut down for good , the process called decommissioning ( see Chapter Six ) . |
| 25 | Alon also experimented with the basic design , building a 130 hp Franklin-engined version and a prototype Alon A–4 with a Lycoming O–320 160 hp motor , before selling the type certificate of the Aircoupe to Mooney Aircraft , whereupon Mooney changed it to a single-tail design and manufactured it as the M–10 Cadet , producing 61 at $9,295 each before shutting the line down for good in 1970 . |
| 26 | A meeting in March should have resolved some of the present issues but the long-term future of the Biennale still presents difficulties : ‘ Let's have the centenary then close the Biennale down for good ’ is the recent opinion of Gianni de Michelis , Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs . |
| 27 | Loulou danced twice with Flavia , once with Therese and twice with Jeannine and sat down for good after that ; Flavia danced also with Giles , with Paul and with Therese who was able to show the steps . |
| 28 | It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else . |
| 29 | Armenia is begging Russia to recommission two old reactors that had been shut down for good in 1988 under popular pressure . |
| 30 | Reports of a rise in radiation levels within the plant have led environmentalists to suggest that there may be cracks in the reactor 's primary container system and that the plant should be shut down for good . |