Example sentences of "to [noun pl] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He disapproved of his bishop ( A. A. David ) for the tough way in which he handled three recalcitrant Anglo-Catholic priests who refused to conform to rules laid down by the bishop and yet did nothing about the radical dean of the cathedral who did things equally nonconforming in a Low Church direction . |
| 2 | The district council claim that unauthorised use of the farm shop for the sale of goods not produced within the farm holding is not a use ancillary to agricultural use , and is contrary to policies laid down by the district local plan . |
| 3 | They claim for each piece of work done and are paid according to rates laid down by the Dental Estimates Board . |
| 4 | The air is so thin that when it reaches the highest point medical staff in white coats appear in the carriages to administer oxygen to passengers struck down by the altitude . |
| 5 | Wolverton had the opportunity of giving concrete expression to a gift from the Canadian Government to the Home Office ( Fire Office Division ) by way of the manufacture of 18 mobile kitchens constructed to standards laid down by the Home Office . |
| 6 | Today every single living thing that has ever lived , from a bacterium to a plant or a fully formed animal , has been built according to specifications laid down in the molecules of the dna called chromosomes . |
| 7 | The number of years over which loans could be repaid was a matter for each individual authority , subject to maxima laid down by the Government for given categories of assets . |