Example sentences of "[vb pp] down for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be broadly broken down for descriptive purposes as a program staff of 11 , and a support staff of 4 . |
| 2 | The grant was broken down for individual lines , as with the pre-1974 British system ( RENFE 1984a : 55–7 , 82 ) . |
| 3 | Hair was then set on rollers and dressed to achieve height on the crown and pieces were brought down for added softness . |
| 4 | However , at one stage , different conditions were laid down for different nationalities : a national plebiscite was demanded in order to ratify independence for Poland , Courland and Lithuania , whereas a vote of workers alone was required for the Ukraine , the Caucasus republics and Latvia . |
| 5 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 6 | Much of the material extracted now is ground down for various manufacturing purposes , whilst there is a lively trade in making slate ornaments for the tourist industry . |
| 7 | In addition , questions may be put down for written answer . |
| 8 | Every two years , the plants are shut down for major overhaul . |
| 9 | In more recent years , as the first nuclear stations near the end of their working lives , attention has focused on the waste created when a nuclear power station is shut down for good , the process called decommissioning ( see Chapter Six ) . |
| 10 | Armenia is begging Russia to recommission two old reactors that had been shut down for good in 1988 under popular pressure . |
| 11 | Reports of a rise in radiation levels within the plant have led environmentalists to suggest that there may be cracks in the reactor 's primary container system and that the plant should be shut down for good . |