Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we give the basis of the complaint , however , it is very easy for employers to look down the list and find out which employee comes from Linlithgow , Greenock and Port Glasgow , Aberdeen , North or Banff and Buchan . |
| 2 | Two previous attempts to shut down the school and transfer the pupils to Coldingham were successfully resisted . |
| 3 | Indeed , we recently saw that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) has taken actions to run down the region and its potential . |
| 4 | Irradiation of food does not conform to attempts to cut down the number and scale of radiation emitters in order to reduce the risks of contamination of plant workers and local communities . |
| 5 | Officials had to send for special chemicals to break down the tar and free the vehicles . |