Example sentences of "in [verb] down the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
| 2 | The Thatcher Governments have been successful in pushing down the relative pay of low-paid workers . |
| 3 | The mass demonstrations of the first year are rare these days and the army and Shin Bet security service have been chalking up success after bloody success in hunting down the masked youths who throw petrol bombs and kill collaborators . |
| 4 | The mass demonstrations of the first year are rare these days and the army and Shin Bet security service have been chalking up success after bloody success in hunting down the masked youths who throw petrol bombs and kill collaborators . |
| 5 | If BL , with its strong union presence , is prepared to negotiate changes in the work organisation of maintenance when microelectronics-controlled machinery is first installed , and management makes some headway in breaking down the traditional craft structure , then presumably substantial changes are on their way in other companies . |
| 6 | A strong sense of regional identity characterises the Boards and has undoubtedly assisted in breaking down the traditional divisions between capital and labour . |
| 7 | Many of the large old psychiatric hospitals have succeeded in making good use of their facilities , in breaking down the whole organization into smaller , semi-autonomous units , and in ensuring generally that the emphasis is on the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients rather than simply on their care and custody . |
| 8 | Jersey cops put out an alert to the Yard asking for assistance in tracking down the globe-trotting 27-year-old . |
| 9 | The figures for the three months to the end of November indicate that the policy of high interest rates is beginning to have an impact in slowing down the across-the-board demand for imports which has set Britain on course for a worst ever annual trade deficit . |
| 10 | Eighteenth July — it appears that a large attack by more than 1,300 British tanks on the enemy positions on the Caen front has been successful in tying down the German Panzer divisions . |
| 11 | But the military were accused of intimidation by the opposition ; their role in putting down the pro-democracy uprising in nineteen eighty eight , has n't been forgotten . |