Example sentences of "[is] [verb] down on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 2 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
| 3 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 4 | But i it depends Terry with everybody 's going down on the urgent work ones which is putting the normal service |
| 5 | So who 's coming down on the eleventh or twelfth of November ? |
| 6 | IF the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 7 | Technically he is excellent but you have noticed that he is falling down on the supervisory aspects of his job . |