Example sentences of "down by the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In determining any question as to the meaning or effect of any provision contained in Schedule 4 — ( a ) regard shall be had to any relevant principles laid down by the European Court in connection with Title II of the 1968 Convention and to any relevant decision of that court as to the meaning or effect of any provision of that Title ; … |
| 2 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 3 | As a gesture of friendship Yeltsin returned the " black box " flight data recorder of the Korean airliner KAL-007 , shot down by the Soviet Union in 1983 with the loss of all 269 passengers and crew [ see also p. 39171 ] . |
| 4 | These were thrown down by the Persian invaders in 480 , and shattered remains preserved for us in terraces and foundations of the fifth century . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the articulate voices of anger get shouted down by the bad boys in the back of the room : NWA outsells Fishbone and the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy by about 50 to one over here . |
| 6 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 7 | " The European Council notes that 11 member states desire to continue on the path laid down by the Social Charter in 1989 [ see p. 37132 ] . |