Example sentences of "has [be] [vb pp] down the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The railway station has been re-sited down the line to make room for the town 's bypass .
2 Decision taking has been delegated down the management structure : sales and support staff have more responsibility and freedom to respond to customer needs .
3 A KPMG spokesman said : " The environment has been pushed down the agenda of many private companies by other factors such as the recession and exchange rates .
4 The play has been presented down the years by impresario Sir Peter Saunders , who has seen all or some of it nearly 500 times .
5 Close inspection reveals that a strip of reverse grain timber has been laid down the centre in order to add strength — another old-fashioned idea and a good one , too .
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