Example sentences of "down [subord] [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is evidence from Finland that despite the gains made in achieving integration , it is breaking down because of the introduction of specialist foresters and sophisticated machinery . |
| 2 | Mr Lawson 's mistake was that when formal monetary targeting broke down because of the impossibility of finding any measure of money which bore an accurate relationship with nominal demand , he thought that he could use the exchange rate as an informal target . |
| 3 | This debate was an earlier version of the ‘ do n't write it down because of the danger of judicial review ’ scenario : ‘ Do n't let care managers tell users and families how much the SSD can afford , because they might get away with paying less ’ . |
| 4 | More second marriages break down because of the children of the partners than for any other single cause . |
| 5 | In 1902 the house burned down while in the ownership of Mr Charles Julius Knowles . |
| 6 | No general rules can be laid down as to the reasonableness of a time period because these obviously depend on the facts of each case , however as Lord Shaw said in the Morris ( Herbert ) case " as the time of the restriction lengthens and the space of its operation extends , the weight of the onus on the covenantee grows " . |