Example sentences of "to play down [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marlow is understandably keen to play down the word fungus , preferring to describe it as myco-protein and stress its undeniable virtues such as its high fibre and protein content , coupled with low fat and non-existent cholesterol . |
| 2 | The government 's desire to play down the incident was set against a background of high political tension fuelled over recent months by widespread protests against austerity and official corruption and the persistent rumours that a repeat of the February military coup attempt was imminent [ see pp. 38759-60 ; 39048 ] . |
| 3 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
| 4 | Both Argyle and Watkins in using the game model have to play down the competitiveness of games , for neither the social interactions of real life nor of drama are necessarily competitive . |
| 5 | British officials sought to play down the significance of yesterday 's move . |
| 6 | A Downing Street spokeswoman yesterday sought to play down the significance of the meeting , saying : ‘ The Prime Minister sees all sorts of people from time to time to talk about issues that interest her . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 9 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 10 | State Department officials sought to play down the significance of the visit and insisted that the USA recognized only one state in Cyprus . |
| 11 | Reports in early March had indicated that the IAEA had sought to play down the significance of a recent report submitted to the UN in which it was claimed that Iraq was offering " better co-operation " to IAEA inspectors . |
| 12 | He then attempted to play down the row which surfaced following Lineker 's comments in his biography . |
| 13 | The Foreign Office is trying to play down the row but officials concede it could be some time before both sides talk again . |
| 14 | The RCM tried hard to play down the issue , arguing that all those working for refugees would achieve most if they cooperated . |
| 15 | We tried to play down the tackiness , but it did n't work . |
| 16 | Even so , his discussion of the contradiction between progressive forces of production and reactionary elements in the relations of production arguably distinguishes between rock and the older ‘ bourgeois hit ’ too starkly , for he tends to play down the survival of older elements in rock production , form and performance , as well as neglecting divergences of social use and interpretation , and differences of content . |
| 17 | A continuing sensitivity is demonstrated by Chinese protests over officially approved Japanese textbooks which appear to play down the iniquities of Japanese actions before 1945 . |
| 18 | Not that he 's the only climber who appears to wish to play down the education aspects of his past — amongst many others with whom you can have sport in this manner are Stephen Venables ( Charterhouse ) , our own Tom Prentice at Climber ( Harrow ) , or even Ed himself ( Uppingham ) . |
| 19 | In what appeared to be an attempt to play down the affair , President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , widely regarded as a " moderate " , commented in a sermon on Feb. 16 that " if the West deal with the issue logically , the result will be that the Imam 's sentence will be regarded as an issue of Islamic expertise , not anything else " . |
| 20 | In practice , ethnographers tend rather to play down the question of whether their particular group is typical of others , but the reader must recognize that the choice of group is a kind of sampling , and the question of representativeness must arise . |
| 21 | The Benefits Agency is trying to play down the NAO findings , putting them down to administrative delays rather than errors . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | While letters from serving soldiers tended to play down the awfulness of the trenches their wives , writing back , did not show the same restraint . |
| 24 | The official reports , produced by the Census Offices , such as the County Monitors and the User Guides , tend to play down the difficulties and in particular have been coy about the extent and the method of imputation . |
| 25 | Those closest to Camilla yesterday tried to play down the scandal . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The tendency of official commentators , such as the OECD , to play down the role of speculation is totally unconvincing . |
| 28 | But egalitarian feminists tend to play down the value of biological explanations . |
| 29 | MOSSLEY — New coach Robert Nelson 's first priority will be to strengthen his defence , following the departure of Craig McCrugan to Lisnagarvey and the decision by stalwart Harry Burns to play down the club . |
| 30 | 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 . |