Example sentences of "down by the [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles . |
| 2 | Since one has reason to express such an attitude in this way doing so enables one to conform to reasons which apply to one , which is the condition laid down by the normal justification thesis . |
| 3 | The offer was turned down by the then philistine government ( history repeats itself ? ) and the collection returned to Tabley House . |
| 4 | Procedures laid down by the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Limited ( " the Stock Exchange " ) may be relevant if either the vendor or purchaser are quoted companies or are subsidiaries of quoted companies . |
| 5 | The Yorkshire Television helicopter , which had lifted the crew in , landed in pitch darkness , totally against the ground rules laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority , and lifted out the film equipment . |
| 6 | The place should be closed down by the Environmental Health Department . |
| 7 | They claim for each piece of work done and are paid according to rates laid down by the Dental Estimates Board . |
| 8 | This reiterates the whole catch-all section 2 of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 , as well as the scale of punishments laid down by the Official Secrets Act of 1920 for those who |
| 9 | These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities . |
| 10 | They do not only meet the minimum standards laid down by the English Tourist Board but the even higher standards set by the Brighton and Hove Accommodation Standards Joint Committee ( see the Tourist Charter information on page ii ) . |
| 11 | The helicopter , flying from Belgrade to Zagreb via Hungarian airspace , was shot down by the Yugoslav air force , and all five of its crew ( four Italians and a Frenchman ) were killed . |
| 12 | Irma La Douce is lightweight entertainment , held down by the off hand commentary of Liz Spenz as the owner of the back street cafe where the plot keeps boiling over . |
| 13 | But if we go in the park she can run more , or in the summer we go down by the old railway track do n't we ? |
| 14 | Responsibility for the administration of services had been laid down by the National Health Service Act 1946 and the 1959 Act further defined the powers and duties outlined there . |
| 15 | A proposal by the unit to investigate engineering research has recently been turned down by the Social Science Research Council . |
| 16 | Thirdly , as regards the Science Policy Research Unit 's proposal to assess engineering research , no member of the unit has claimed that the project was turned down by the Social Science Research Council because of ‘ lobbying by outsiders ’ . |
| 17 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |