Example sentences of "[noun] down [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disadvantage of share schemes is , Mr Luder says , that ‘ it is all very well my being an employee of a subsidiary five tiers down of some major plc , and their saying ‘ Here is a dollar for a share option and you will be motivated if the share price rises ’ , but there is no direct link between cause and effect' . |
| 2 | But not as many as you would have if you were using the treble clef because you 'd probably end up with a lot of lower this is wha , that is n't a particularly good example really because it has n't given a lot of lower notes but normally you 'd expect to see more notes down on these lines . |
| 3 | It was a foursome in Pepe 's on Saturday , and Shelley let her hair down in more ways than one , dancing vigorously with the hunky Carlos , while Rosie and her good-looking little Francisco sat in the shadows , their heads close together . |
| 4 | Even at the height of NEP prosperity in 1926 , considerable resistance to central patterns and instructions was to linger on the further one got away from Moscow down through all the provincial levels , but in 1922 strong fears of such resistance provoked a siege psychology among those party officials located nearest to the grass roots . |
| 5 | Mother took one tiny look down at all the people looking up — made a long , low moaning noise and fled from the box never to return . |
| 6 | There 's only one putting their foot down in this house ! |
| 7 | He was trying to read the newspaper upside down without much success . |
| 8 | Right , that goes in upside down like that . |
| 9 | Jessamy had been as overwhelmed as he had been , dazzled by the physical passion , and amazed that her own easygoing , relaxed attitude to life could be turned upside down by this one man . |
| 10 | During training — or later , if I wanted to knock her weight down for any reason — she 'd have one day-old chick a day . |
| 11 | I feel I have let Sir Charles Irving down to some degree , ’ he added . |
| 12 | Ideally , as the names imply , a low-pass filter passes signals up to some limiting frequency but not above it , a high-pass filter passes signals down to some limiting frequency but not below it , a band-pass filter passes signals over a range of frequencies but not outside it and a band-stop filter only passes signals outside a range of frequencies . |
| 13 | There was a radiator behind the chairs with a protecting shelf above it , and Donaldson set the plastic cups down on this . |
| 14 | Then they peeled back the bedcovers and laid him on a crisp sheet , covering him from the waist down with another sheet . |
| 15 | Which is actually broken down into several headings erm now people break these bills down into many different er forms er , for example , in major projects , I , I know that for any bill be able to tell me er how many were involved in pouring er , concrete er , on any base . |
| 16 | Look at all these scum down in that lower class ! |
| 17 | Thing is I 've got to try by turning those volts down on some of them |
| 18 | Having given you a run down of both books , you can see one obvious connection — the use of telekinetic powers . |
| 19 | They had endless meetings with the producer and the reporters who would be covering the day , and Kathleen laid the law down with such charm and skill they almost did n't notice . |
| 20 | It would be wrong to ’ harmonise down ’ , bringing standards in richer countries down to those in poorer ones ; but it will take time for Greece and Portugal to ’ harmonise up ’ to the stringent rules of Denmark or West Germany . |
| 21 | I sinned and brought shame down on all of us . |
| 22 | I think we might need the blinds down for this , otherwise it 's going to glare on the screen . |
| 23 | In section 4.3 you will see that there is some evidence that Venus is not as geologically active as the Earth , which could indicate a cool interior right down to any iron core , which could largely be solid and thus explain the small dipole moment . |
| 24 | After opening this campaign with a 6-0 , 6-1 win over Greece 's Christina Papaduka , Evert said : ‘ I feel I let the team down in that match two years ago . |
| 25 | After the minor unpleasantness with the redhead , he 'd felt able to shake the place down without much fear of interruption . |
| 26 | And I thought to myself if all I 've got to do is put my signature on this piece of paper and without actually paying any money down , any cash down at all , I can a actually walk out of the shop carrying the video recorder . |
| 27 | There was a definite thumbs down to any reorganisation with only nine per cent feeling that a change was required . |
| 28 | So , adopt this report , give the thumbs down to those who want to break the links and support a wider form of democracy where the trade union is paying the levy is not only a valuable member of the Party but is valued as well . |
| 29 | GREASY burgers , fatty chips and sticky sweets all get the thumbs down in most children 's diets these days . |
| 30 | We see the U K certainly coming out of recession and we are something like twelve percent up on same time last year in the U K. Having said that , the E C is well over twenty percent down on same time last year . |