Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] down [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For small molecules it is often possible to write down descriptions of various vibrations until the total of 3N — 6 is reached , decide the symmetry selection rules for each in turn , and so decide how many modes should appear in the IR and Raman spectra . |
| 2 | People were literally afraid to come down town . |
| 3 | I wonder , now , whether we were really sensible to turn down Nonni 's suggestion … . ’ |
| 4 | The disputes in the councils which followed the election of Sinn Fein representatives in 1985 has made it clear that loyalists are willing to close down councils rather than work with Sinn Fein , and the younger generation of DUP activists has been fully active in the promotion of that position . |
| 5 | THE Most forgotten manor farm in England , untouched for three or four hundred years , sits safely impossible to find down miles of private sunken lanes which in the spring brim with campion , bluebells , early purple orchids , primroses , violets , speedwell and stichwort . |
| 6 | The wrecker explains that , one way or another , ‘ it 's not easy to pull down monuments ’ . |
| 7 | But , again , it will not be as easy to lay down rules for writing it , since it is basically a version of the blueprint detective story but with all its rules loosened . |
| 8 | A spectacular vindication of the principle that each individual coin spun individually ( He spins one ) is as likely to come down heads as tails and therefore should cause no surprise each individual time it does . |
| 9 | ‘ Cafiero , that rich son of a pig , he came this way , tried to make the peasants rise on his own estates , ’ Davide 's father was talking , ‘ but he found them hard to excite down Acquaqueta way in spite of everything . |
| 10 | She 's had 8 quarters , so it 's hard to put down roots . |
| 11 | Musicale was blocked for a run in the home straight and it was not until Pat Eddery secured an opening just over a furlong out that the filly looked likely to cut down Lord Huntingdon 's Wiedniu . |
| 12 | There is a powerful case for Labour to put down amendments condemning the Tory opt-out of the Social Charter and forcing a division to demonstrate to the rest of Europe how John Major 's ‘ classless ’ government is grotesquely out of line with Christian , let alone Social , Democratic politics on the Continent . |
| 13 | most courts were unwilling to turn down applications from expert professionals . |
| 14 | If the level of fees is of concern , particularly in the event of a failure to sell , it can be helpful to break down costs and adopt a staged approach . |
| 15 | It is seldom possible to land down wind or in the opposite direction to the take-off . |
| 16 | In this extreme case , the velocity of circulation falls as all increases in the money supply are added to ‘ idle ’ balances , and monetary policy is powerless to drive down interest rates and , therefore , is unable to give any stimulus to investment or consumption . |
| 17 | It was a relief when we felt ourselves fairly started and we enjoyed the beautiful sail down Loch Tarbert … |
| 18 | We were able to draw down sums as we needed them . |
| 19 | Living the life of a nomad , travelling from city to city , never being able to put down roots in any one place , had taken its toll . |
| 20 | The People 's Militia has been busy ripping down posters put up by the Civic Forum in factories and elsewhere . |
| 21 | The People 's Militia has indeed been busy ripping down posters put up by the Civic Forum in factories and elsewhere . |
| 22 | The low spending figure is , in part , a tribute to the way the NHS has been able to keep down health costs which have increased much faster in other countries , most notably those with insurance-based systems of finance ( see below ) . |
| 23 | His hands were busy shutting down controls . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's great for me to be able to turn down offers worth £6.5m for two players in a fortnight , ’ he said . |
| 25 | The best of this breed were able to break down bastions of prejudice against headhunting , and show that the systematic and research-based recruiting of executives could be combined with sensitivity and an appreciation of the corporate culture ; the worst were incompetent and snobbish . |
| 26 | Uninspired Alton unable to break down Fleetlands |
| 27 | Furthermore by taking an ideological rather than merely a dispositive approach he is able to lay down principles for the reconstruction of societas in the modern age . |
| 28 | Five months later the Minister of Information was asked in Parliament , during the debate on the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , why this new Bill was necessary if the Government had been able to close down Ulimwengu was it somehow to legalize what had been done already ? |
| 29 | They would be able to close down enterprises temporarily , and to institute criminal proceedings on the basis of legislation against the black market passed in October [ see p. 37787 ] . |
| 30 | Though I am reluctant to lay down rules , I do find the following guidelines , set out in the Fowlers ' The King ‘ s English , helpful as a sort of mental checklist for my own work : |