Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [to-vb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite Adam 's devious attempts to play down the collaboration behind this superb work ( several resplendently bound copies are on display ) , credit is now given to James 's role as project manager , co-ordinating teams of engravers in Venice , Rome and London over the seven years before publication in 1764 . |
| 2 | Prior Robert might not have been very greatly grieved if Tutilo had been made to pay for his outrageous offence with his skin , but Prior Robert had been at dinner with the abbot and several other witnesses that night , and in any case could hardly be imagined as lurking in wet woods to strike down the delinquent with his own elegant hands . |
| 3 | It is common for old people to play down the extent of the abuse and it is not easy to gauge how far their reluctance to discuss alternative care is due to fear of the unknown rather than acceptance of the situation . |
| 4 | The union , he alleged , had made a clear threat to close down the school . |
| 5 | The sad decision to close down the creamery in Hawes means that you will not be made in the dale from now on . |
| 6 | After years of tortuous study , absurdly limited measures to break down the barriers between banks and brokers have been proposed . |
| 7 | Crewmen helped the alarmed mother to break down the door . |
| 8 | The ability of the loyalist terrorists to track down the location is an illustration of how much better their intelligence on the IRA has become . |
| 9 | Two previous attempts to shut down the school and transfer the pupils to Coldingham were successfully resisted . |
| 10 | Often it can take a little while to melt down the pieces of ice to make drinking water . |
| 11 | This is consistent with the view that their struggle to stay awake is not necessarily punctuated with periods of somnolence , or microsleeps , but shows a compelling tendency to slip down the arousal continuum . |
| 12 | This is a good place to abseil down the face without committing yourself to a hard route out again . |
| 13 | They had just experienced the utterly fruitless meeting with Nehru and Jinnah : it was not a good moment to turn down the Burmese . |
| 14 | This is another good game to quieten down the party . |
| 15 | While most people strongly condemn the drugs traffickers , critics point to the recent drive by international markets to drive down the price of coffee , Colombia 's main export — and to the continuing drain of resources into debt payments to Western banks — as evidence that the international community is not willing to make the kind of sacrifices needed to confront the social and economic roots of Latin America 's drug problem . |
| 16 | There is no political censorship to slow down the information . ’ |
| 17 | It has been a tactic of both supporters and opponents of economic and monetary union to play down the significance of these proposals , the first saying that monetary union will not significantly compromise sovereignty , the others sometimes dismissing talk of European union as nothing more than Euro-waffle . |
| 18 | David Garbutt , Grampian 's depute chief constable , said : ‘ Mounting an elaborate hoax such as this is a serious criminal act and our investigation will use all available methods to track down the offender . |
| 19 | David Garbutt , Grampian 's depute chief constable , said : ‘ Mounting an elaborate hoax such as this is a serious criminal act and our investigation will use all available methods to track down the offender . |
| 20 | In spite of the Jockey Club 's apparent determination to play down the doping cases and its hushing up the Flash of Straw investigations until now , it does seem that there is a sinister element at large in British horse racing . |
| 21 | This rapid growth has been achieved by dint of strong and imaginative leadership pushing the firm into new areas , reflecting an almost evangelical aim to break down the old-boy network and cut out the dead wood from British industry . |
| 22 | The separatist Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) , which had co-operated with the EPRDF in a strategic alliance to bring down the Mengistu government , announced on May 29 that it was to set up its own provisional government in Eritrea , although it would recognize and co-operate with the EPRDF administration in Addis Ababa . |
| 23 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 24 | It 's the only way to cut down the traffic . |
| 25 | Although there was widespread speculation as to the authenticity of the leaflets , experts believed that for the first time there was fairly solid evidence to show that the group was experiencing internal problems , with the possibility that a moderate faction had appeared to question the cult of leadership of Sendero leader Abimael Guzmán Renoso and his military strategy to bring down the state . |
| 26 | It had taken her precious time to track down the people Lori had stayed with , only to discover , when she arrived , that Lori had flown off to Caracas . |
| 27 | A homoeopathic doctor would give a remedy selected to help the body in its fight against the virus — thus working along with the body 's healing force ; whereas an orthodox doctor might give aspirin or some other drug to bring down the fever — thus , in effect , working against the body 's healing force . |
| 28 | However , Eleanor Young vice-chairman of the National Association of Community Health Councils and chairman of Darlington CHC , expressed concern that recent efforts to bring down the lists would not be sustained over the next few months and years . |
| 29 | The domestic authorities can simply allow internal inflation to push down the rate of exchange . |
| 30 | He also claimed ‘ everyone is looking at new materials to bring down the weight of vehicles . ’ |