Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the crew got down to serious drinking . |
| 2 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 3 | Needing to think very deeply about her situation , however , Leith pushed thoughts of Sebastian from her and got down to serious thought . |
| 4 | Mr Tillingham got down to churchy business , the funeral would take place at three in the afternoon … |
| 5 | Despite this inconclusive beginning , the evening soon livened up as guests swooped down like scenic railway trains on the trays of grilled prawns and champagne . |
| 6 | The leaf is excellently preserved on the flat bedding-plane of a limestone laid down under fresh water . |
| 7 | ‘ I feel that the trading standards officers have exceeded their authority by requiring Mr Wilson to conform with standards laid down for new stations and not established premises . ’ |
| 8 | The government linked the cuts with the need to contain public spending in order to meet the economic convergence criteria laid down for European Community economic and monetary union [ see p. 38658 ] . |
| 9 | A startling 24 failed to meet standards laid down for public water supplies . |
| 10 | Thus tree rings are differentiated by the types , density and size of cell laid down at different times of the year ; varves by the gradation in particle size resulting from sedimentation of debris released into rivers and carried to lakes by the annual melt of glaciers ; and ice core layers by differences in dust content and acidity . |
| 11 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 12 | Companies were also bound to match wages and conditions laid down in federal ( and sometimes state ) awards for their industry . |
| 13 | It is uncertain whether the principle laid down in Regal ( Hastings ) covers this situation . |
| 14 | Our regiment had a very fine cellar , laid down in Victorian days , and it had to be abandoned . |
| 15 | During the years of South Africa 's isolation from the world community and its suspension from the ILO , hybrid labour legislation was passed by the South African parliament which may or may not conform to the minimum standards for the protection of workers laid down in various ILO conventions . |
| 16 | Our understanding of the vertical ( as opposed to the horizontal ) movements of the lithosphere during continental rupture is largely derived from the interpretation of the sediments laid down in passive margin basins . |
| 17 | The importance of such rights , and the feeling that they were fundamental to the workings of society , is reflected in the fact that when one ruler ceded territory to another it was usually defined in terms of jurisdictions and local administrative divisions ( on the French frontiers , for example , baillages , prévotés , sénéchaussées or communes ) and not , as would now be the case , in those of lines laid down in precise geographical terms and illustrated by a map . |
| 18 | If people accept that they are governed not only by explicit rules laid down in past political decisions but by whatever other standards flow from the principles these decisions assume , then the set of recognized public standards can expand and contract organically , as people become more sophisticated in sensing and exploring what these principles require in new circumstances , without the need for detailed legislation or adjudication on each possible point of conflict . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he takes to enforce procedures laid down in national health service circular No. 1975 ( GEN ) 46 . |
| 20 | Cuttings were made to ease the original gradients , causeways laid down in difficult places , and the roadway widened . |
| 21 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 22 | If one enters this part of the town from the west , past the Roman amphitheatre which fell on evil days in the Middle Ages when theatrical spectacles were banned — but has now revived its ancient beauty and a part of its function , as a setting for Aida and her kin — the road leads through a Roman gate , perfectly preserved , into the ancient grid of streets , laid down by Roman town planners in the first century B.C. and little altered . |
| 23 | The extracellular matrix laid down by microbial cells in microbial biosensors will show a more random orientation of structural components , but these can also have a dominant influence on the flux of the product and the substrate . |
| 24 | If he was to prevent the outbreak of rebellion , or stem a flood of appeals outside his jurisdiction , he was bound to operate within the limits laid down by regional custom and privileges . |
| 25 | local authorities — to decide , within the broad financial constraints laid down by central government , what priority should be given to education at a local level ; to formulate , within the statutory framework , general policies for local education provision , and , where appropriate , to allocate resources to local communities |
| 26 | If the stepping stones laid down by previous legislation and publications are to be extended , it is important to review initiatives which are attempting to implement a policy for integration . |
| 27 | A classical ballet has a style of dance based on certain accepted principles and rules laid down by french , Russian , Danish , Italian and more recent schools . |
| 28 | The infantry was shielded by a moving barrage laid down by massed artillery , the first of a number of concentrated shoots in which Leslie participated in the North African campaign . |
| 29 | The sounds , laid down by resident DJs Ali Cooke and Ralph Lawson with high-profile guests , are slinky house and garage , although the eclectic ‘ tribal-acid-funk ’ mix in the upper room might feature Nirvana , The Cult or Duran Duran . |
| 30 | what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted . |