Example sentences of "[vb past] down a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This laid down a future programme in which , among the many proposals , they called for Burma 's recognition within the family of nations and admission to the UN , and finally ‘ the establishment of a sovereign state in the very near future ’ . |
| 2 | 4.17 In Roberts v Johnstone [ 1988 ] 3 WLR 1247 the Court of Appeal laid down a general rule for assessing damages where a plaintiff has to purchase special accommodation . |
| 3 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 4 | Look at the decision of the Exchequer Chamber how we may , it laid down a new principle . |
| 5 | In a far-reaching judgment , the Court of Appeals laid down a new test for the determination of the question of non-literal copyright infringement , that is , whether there has been an infringement of copyright in non-literal elements such as program structure . |
| 6 | A shift in the weather pattern , bringing low pressure systems across the Alps in December laid down a firm base . |
| 7 | John Stuart Mill 's definition of the limits of law to curtail individual freedom laid down a simple principle : ‘ that the sole end for which mankind are warranted , individually or collectively , in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number , is self-protection . |
| 8 | The Barrington Sports Centre in the Algarve laid down a first-class pitch and I arranged a game for the Lord 's Taverners against a Portuguese Invitation XI to open up the ground . |
| 9 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 10 | The Opencast Coal Act 1958 laid down a special method of control operated by the Minister of Power ( later the Secretary of State for Energy ) . |
| 11 | After these tests the railway engineers laid down a maximum sideways acceleration equivalent to tilting the track by 4½ degrees . |
| 12 | ‘ Was the action taken by the British the proper thing to do ? ’ he asked down a crackling line from Buenos Aires to Woodward 's home in Surbiton , Surrey . |
| 13 | Their way led down a shallow incline between a row of abandoned warehouses , gaunt against the night sky . |
| 14 | She opened the door and gazed down a splendid vista of reception rooms that opened out one into the next , which Buzz had learned was typical of grand French houses . |
| 15 | Leonora fought down a sudden rush of panic . |
| 16 | FORTY-FIVE people were killed last night when an excursion coach careered off a Spanish motorway and plunged down a steep embankment . |
| 17 | Leyshon and Stokle suffered horrific injuries when they were trapped in a burning car that plunged down a steep hillside near Birdlip in Gloucestershire in November two years ago . |
| 18 | We scrambled up the hillside on the left bank of an enormous river which thundered down a precipitous cascade of rapids into a foaming cauldron , raging with wind-whipped mist . |
| 19 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 20 | They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway , their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons . |
| 21 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Alec Reid firmed down a new pipeful of tobacco , ‘ I might ha ’ made a name for meself had I remained in Edinburgh . |
| 22 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 23 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |
| 24 | One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first . |
| 25 | When Terry went upstairs to change , Ellie went with her , and when they came down a short while later , when Terry and Declan were ready to leave , Ellie was right there beside them . |
| 26 | The other came down a short distance the other side of the village of Whelford |
| 27 | It maybe came down a little bit too slow for him . |
| 28 | Slowly we drove down a broad unpaved street lined with matchbox-houses . |
| 29 | RAIDERS burned down a dental surgery after stealing two toothbrushes at Driffield , Humberside , yesterday . |
| 30 | In the West End area of Newcastle upon Tyne on Sept. 11 up to 300 rioters burned down a public house and started more than 20 other fires . |