Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
2 | The cellulose chains which are laid down in the cell-wall are long and they have their length more or less parallel to the length of the cell or fibre , that is to say in the direction of the applied stress . |
3 | There should be further demand from overseas institutions as they rebuilt positions in sterling bonds which were run down amid the election uncertainty , he said . |
4 | Amanda had been all enthusiastic even in the rain , saying it was spray in her face and look at the gulls , which were swooping down on the shoal of crisp packets and orange peel trailing in the wake . |
5 | Its weakness was its technical conservatism ; although in 1880 the Admiralty agreed to reintroduce breechloading guns on heavy ships , the armoured cruisers Impérieuse and Warspite , which were laid down in the same year , were still designed to carry a full spread of sail . |
6 | There were serious disturbances in Beirut and Tripoli which were put down by the new Lebanese administration with the help of French troops . |
7 | The monuments in Moscow to the revolutionary leaders which were taken down after the attempted coup last August have not been placed in the Museum of Totalitarian Art , as was stated . |
8 | I 'm sitting up on a hillside looking down on Lollapalooza , by a ski lodge which is shut down for the summer . |
9 | They differ in operation : the control mechanism is a type of solid portcullis ( or ‘ gate ’ ) which is screwed down across the flow of water . |
10 | A 184 year old cedar tree which was blown down in the January storms was the focus of an enterprising initiative in April at Claremont Landscape Garden , Surrey . |
11 | And I was working upstairs in er what 's called the gascon module , Which was shut down at the time for repair work and things like that . |
12 | Then we fitted each tyre back on to the wheel which was clamped down on the tyring platform . |
13 | A hand on the telephone receiver , she paused in the act of reading Florian and Nicky 's number which was jotted down on the pad beside it , and threw Luke a challenging glance . |
14 | In Virginia , dependence on a one-crop export trade led to trouble : the price of tobacco continued to fall after Charles 's restoration , and thus was the main reason for Bacon 's rebellion in 1675 , which was put down by the government of the colony before royal troops arrived from England . |
15 | ‘ His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp , with the exception of a small patch on the crown of the head , which was pulled down over the forehead to form a fringe . ’ |
16 | The crowd also demanded the removal of the two remaining statues of Stalin from central Ulan Bator , one of which was taken down by the authorities on Jan. 16 . |
17 | ‘ What 's going down at the Mimosa ? ’ |
18 | Read every word and study the plans , before and after your survey , and if you do not understand any point , or if what you see or have seen is at variance with what is set down in the documents , then it is VITAL that you consult your solicitor before exchanging contracts . |
19 | This time he had shifted his ground ; not a word about the criticisms of Hailsham and Macmillan which we had agreed to delete , nor about untoward consequences in the Arab world : this time it was ‘ breach of confidential relationships ’ contrary to what was laid down in the Report of the Privy Council on Ministerial Memoirs . |
20 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |