Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down for " in BNC.

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1 You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself .
2 In such a context the interests of the State must in my judgment mean the interests of the State according to the policies laid down for it by its recognised organs of government and authority , the policies of the State as they are , not as they ought , in the opinion of a jury , to be .
3 Sometimes it is hard to love a rebellious and rude teenager , to endure the appalling racket of pop music , to cope with disobedience and flagrant disregard of rules laid down for family life .
4 The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup .
5 When these shops close down for the night , the sound of heavy breathing from their stock must rival that of a porn cinema .
6 In some African francophone countries it is not unusual for government data-processing offices to close down for lack of paper .
7 Rural teachers melted away into the towns as their schools closed down for lack of pupils and funds .
8 When she was a child , Ginny Salperton followed the forms of religion that her school and to a lesser extent her parents laid down for her .
9 Past Ruthyn and Clocaenog and into the Cambrian mountains and the Berwyns , hampered by vile weather , and impeded by swollen streams and misty hills , he moved methodically on the lines laid down for him , and made no contact with any substantial enemy .
10 The main change is that the periods laid down for these notices are now in days instead of hours : two days notice is required for the commencement of building works .
11 Another important change is that the time periods laid down for these notices do not commence until the end of the day in which notice is given .
12 The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig .
13 Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford .
14 He 's just had an hearing aids put down for his music .
15 The regulation of British Gas followed the general principles laid down for BT two years earlier , so it will suffice to concentrate on the latter .
16 ‘ Freedom of establishment shall include the right to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons and to set up and manage undertakings , in particular companies or firms within the meaning of the second paragraph of article 58 , under the conditions laid down for its own nationals by the law of the country where such establishment is effected , subject to the provisions of the chapter relating to capital . ’
17 It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq .
18 ‘ the right to take up and pursue activities as self-employed persons … under the conditions laid down for its own nationals by the law of the country where such establishment is effected …
19 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
20 At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to .
21 They rushed at the table from all sides , scrambling over stools , jumping down from top bunks like pigeons clattering down for crumbs .
22 ‘ Is n't it a bit odd to leave property to joint heirs with no conditions laid down for its distribution ? ’
23 Well let's see if we can get things quietened down for your life .
24 He said that the polling had been interrupted because the polling officers shut down for lunch .
25 Small blooms of fire exploded all around the sandbagged post and the steel door , the defenders huddling down for cover .
26 Our friends from Harvard might reply that there is still nothing sexist about the convention , and the triumph of he might even reflect its ‘ naturalness ’ for the function the prescriptivists laid down for it .
27 One hundred and fifty staff , directors and partners sat down for an excellent meal at the venue followed by an equally good disco .
28 And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’
29 This is reflected in Articles of Government made under the 1986 Act in the procedures laid down for dealing with the exclusion of pupils from school and with the appeals which might arise from exclusion .
30 At that time there were no instructions laid down for dealing with the radio pirate vessels and , although this particular vessel was outside territorial waters , there was no reason why a cutter should not make reasonable enquiries from vessels in close proximity to our coast .
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