Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the policing of images of sexual violence appears to fall down the gap between the two , sometimes being subject to one policy , and sometimes the other . |
| 2 | So the insistence of some employees on cash payment tends to slow down the trend to cheque or transfer payment , and therefore to that wider use of bank accounts which we see as bringing considerable advantages to consumers in money management and cheaper credit availability . |
| 3 | Additionally the sweat serves to cool down the body temperature . |
| 4 | Also , says Perera , the government tends to play down the importance of prevention and of synergism ( different chemicals in the environment working together ) , while they call for more epidemiology — or , as many environmentalists put it , ‘ counting the bodies ’ . |
| 5 | Rhodes ' approach seems to play down the importance of ‘ local ’ politics because of its stress on the state system and relations within it . |
| 6 | The government expects to wind down the Department of Energy after the next election . |
| 7 | VIOLENT aftermath of a failed diamond robbery as the gang tries to track down the turncoat . |