Example sentences of "has [been] [verb] down [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , television is such a major part of people 's lives that simple human interaction has been cut down to a minimum . |
| 2 | A NATIONAL treasure has been tracked down to a German museum after it was allegedly stolen by a man using a metal detector . |
| 3 | The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in northwest England has been shut down after a leak of six gallons of plutonium inside a sealed unit where liquid plutonium is evaporated to form a solid oxide for storage . |
| 4 | What Derrida points out is that this view can creep back into the definition of the sign itself once it has been broken down into a signifier and a signified . |
| 5 | A SECOND appeal against East Hampshire District Council 's refusal to allow permission for a house on land at Old School House , Crabtree Lane , Headley has been turned down by a government inspector . |
| 6 | The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper . |
| 7 | A wreath of artificial poppies has been held down by a brick . |
| 8 | Often a priority given to some activity in this police hierarchy of meaning has been laid down from a constable 's first days as a probationer and now lies beneath the immediate consciousness , so that any calls for a change in direction of police response may well be defeated by an unspoken semantic value which the institution gives to that activity . |
| 9 | Hundreds of teachers and academics have been murdered , the UES has been closed down on a number of occasions by the army and the UCA subjected to bomb attacks . |
| 10 | The second reactor at the Ignalina nuclear power station has been closed down after a leak of radioactive steam . |