Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [to-vb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a corollary , AI-workers have tended to play down the importance of neurophysiological knowledge about the brain . |
| 2 | Yesterday , Marchant boss Philip Marchant said : ‘ We have had to batten down the hatches . |
| 3 | In return for the aid , the Bulgarian authorities have agreed to close down the plant 's four 440-megawatt pressurized water reactors , which lack containment facilities to enclose them in case of an accident , as soon as financially possible , perhaps by 1998 . |
| 4 | They have got to pin down the Turks for five-minute periods , which will exaggerate the sense of panic in their back four . |
| 5 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 6 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 7 | Just look at some of the people who have managed to hold down the job over the years : Tommy Docherty , Malcolm Allison , Bobby ‘ Rattling Dentures ’ Robson , most of the 1970–71 Leeds side ( although none of them for very long ) , Alan Ball and various sad , ex-midfield maestros who later became senior sales executives ( North Lincolnshire Region ) for foot-salve manufacturers and double glazing distribution companies . |