Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Providing that the forms get down to the computer in London on time |
2 | Allow the flames to die down with the pan off the heat . |
3 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
4 | There is serious doubt about whether Italy can achieve the norms laid down by the Maastricht Treaty , and qualify for membership of the European Community single market next year and full monetary union by 1997 or later . |
5 | The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup . |
6 | The Commission made a provisional determination that the plaintiffs had failed to establish a claim according to the rules laid down under the statute . |
7 | If he does cause a byelection , he will face the charge that he is not prepared to play by the rules laid down by the party conference . |
8 | True , the police do at times breach the rules laid down by the law . |
9 | Claims brought in respect of loss of cargo will be governed by the rules laid down in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 , the Hague-Visby Rules . |
10 | An exclusion clause , which purports to exclude or limit liability under these terms , is subject to the rules already outlined in this chapter , including the rules laid down in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
11 | Essentially , it had a directing and supervisory role , ensuring that the policies laid down by the Politburo were known and vigorously pursued at all levels . |
12 | It emphasized that many people considered that direct contact between boards and course teams was ‘ one of the most valued aspects of the Council 's operation ’ , and the Council concurred with this view as long as boards worked within the policies laid down by the committees . |
13 | Place your hands gently over the eyes , the heels of your hands creating the darkness , with the fingers extending down over the temples . |
14 | After some initial successes , the authorities cracked down on the protesters . |
15 | The beetles burrow under the dead animals , removing the earth from below so that the animals sink down into the soil , where they are rolled into balls for the reception of the beetles ' eggs and developing larvae . |
16 | And then they had the adits coming down from the top . |
17 | At the Essex Forest Eyre held at Waltham Holy Cross in 1489 , juries attended only from the hundreds of Becontree and Waltham Holy Cross and the half hundred of Waltham , plus four men and the reeve from only seventeen forest townships , all in the south-western corner of Essex : that is to say , the forest of Essex had been reduced , roughly speaking , to the bounds laid down by the hotly contested perambulations of 1300 . |
18 | She was at the top of the steps leading down to the front door of the Moebius Strip . |
19 | The slight figure of a woman emerged from the hotel and stood on the steps leading down to the terrace , scanning the tables with anxious eyes and making agitated , jerky movements with her hands . |
20 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
21 | This function is primarily undertaken in a school ( within the parameters laid down by the LEA ) by the governors , the headteacher and the deputies . |
22 | When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing . |
23 | Japan continued to favour the guidelines laid down in the 1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources ( Cramra ) . |
24 | Speaking on implementing the guidelines laid down by the fifth plenum , government spokesperson Yuan Mu said on Nov. 22 : " The main problem behind the many mistakes which have occurred in China in the past lies within the party and it is therefore necessary first to focus attention on the party itself in solving the problem " ( of " dilution and weakening of party leadership , neglect of ideological and political work , and neglect of the building of party style " ) . |
25 | The Treasury , however , issued a statement saying that ‘ civil servants have not been asked to do anything they have not been asked to do under previous Governments of both parties , in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Cabinet Office ’ . |
26 | Then the Scots raided down from the borders and put it to the torch . |
27 | On either side of him the warders looked down onto the other landings , watching for any signs of unrest amongst those below . |
28 | So are the precepts laid down in the Sermon on the Mount . |
29 | The formulae employed to calculate their annual payments produced figures no higher than the rents laid down in the charters , but as we have already seen , and as Alexander Gerschenkron stresses , the rents laid down in the charters were excessively high . |
30 | The formulae employed to calculate their annual payments produced figures no higher than the rents laid down in the charters , but as we have already seen , and as Alexander Gerschenkron stresses , the rents laid down in the charters were excessively high . |