Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] down [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professionals have a choice between imposing ‘ appropriate ’ needs on their clients or attempting to break down the latters ' 'dein-dividualisation' ( e.g. as an unemployed person , as a schizophrenic etc. ) and assisting ‘ real ’ needs to be collectively voiced . |
| 2 | In the first year of the war Havelock Wilson repeatedly stressed the cooperation which had existed between the German merchant marine and the NSFU , cast doubt on stories of German atrocities and sought to play down the extremes of anti-German hysteria which had broken out . |
| 3 | She believes we must all recognise and come to terms with our own ageism and seek to break down the barriers to understanding . |
| 4 | The rioters killed many deer , and threatened to pull down the palings of the park , so that the Earl of Holland , as Chief Justice of the Forest , obtained authority for the sheriff of Berkshire to raise the power of the county to apprehend the rioters . |
| 5 | These rapidly accumulated round the fissure , building up into a conical heap , and then , as more and more new material emerged from the fissures , lava flows were erupted and began to stream down the ski-slopes . |
| 6 | It says that recent years have seen a transformation in Britain 's manufacturing base , and it condemns those who do not recognise it and continue to run down the achievements of British industry . |
| 7 | The punt tipped over and started to clatter down the rollers the other side . |
| 8 | Demonstrators reacted violently to the news that two NDP candidates had won local seats , and attempted to burn down a police station ; four supporters of independent candidates were killed , and some 60 civilians and seven policemen injured . |
| 9 | CD modelled the character on his friend , the poet and essayist , Leigh Hunt ( 1784–1859 ) , but sought to tone down the resemblances between the character and its original in the MS and proofs of the novel , changing his name , for example , from Leonard Horner to Harold Skimpole . |