Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Regional Council is engaged in drawing down Capital grant assistance under RECHAR and mainstream ERDF programmes . |
| 2 | The Trust will be drawing on its experience of upland erosion and repair work in the Lake District ; it will also be liaising with the many bodies which take an interest in the Mournes , including Down District Council , the Mournes Advisory Council and the education and library boards . |
| 3 | After exceptional provisions of £23.5 million on winding down property development business , however , pre-tax profits , under the new FRS3 formula , fell 7 per cent to £210.9 million . |
| 4 | Instead he fairly hustled his big body along , as if it were a laggardly prisoner he was escorting down death row . |
| 5 | I know it 's daft , she said should 've gone Christmas week and I said I 'm not going down Christmas week so I went the week before . |
| 6 | Shortly afterwards he identified inflation as , ‘ Public Enemy Number One ’ and urged a tax increase upon congress as a way of damping down consumer spending . |
| 7 | ( 8 ) Hoorays love Indian food and on non-party nights ( Mondays ) , you will find them in groups of eight or ten , stuffing down chicken dopiaza and naan bread with all the vengeance of people who have n't eaten properly for days . |
| 8 | Holding down money wage increases can reduce both inflation and real wage rises , as lower cost increases enable employers to raise profit margins where competition is weak . |
| 9 | However , logically , slowing down ozone depletion could actually speed up global warming . |
| 10 | When nailing or screwing down carpet gripper strips , be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables . |
| 11 | If direct on-line storage is limited , it may be worth accepting more frequent reorganizations as the price for cutting down overflow space . |
| 12 | She pruned her diet drastically , cutting down dairy produce and other foods high in cholesterol . |
| 13 | It also reduces a certain amount of heat loss , as well as cutting down traffic noise . |
| 14 | ‘ You could have killed me any time you wanted to , ’ Sheldukher sneered sadistically down at it , ‘ just by shutting down life support . |
| 15 | Most of those affected managed to avoid closing down state government and making their employees redundant by drawing on their reserves , although 10,000 non-essential state employees were laid off in Maine and 20,000 in Connecticut as state government was temporarily reduced to health and safety functions only . |
| 16 | One other proposal is to reinforce Hunter Square behind Tron Kirk as an urban node by closing down car access from Blair Street and by sinking the existing public toilet below ground . |
| 17 | ‘ Where were they when we were running down U-boat alley ? ’ he used to demand , and the boys would shake their heads dutifully , and William with some embarrassment on account of being half American himself . |
| 18 | Sitting in the foyer of their Salzburg hotel — between ‘ shoots ’ , obviously — Paul , guitarist brother Niall and drumming hair bear Ashley Keating are gulping down mineral water , babbling on about the ‘ fierce ’ sights of Austria and generally behaving like men who are having a blinking good time , thank record companies very much . |
| 19 | Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development . |
| 20 | Gullible had n't been driving a great big lorry around the place and putting down rat poison . |
| 21 | Oz , he thought , might be Private Eye all over again only this time without the smart-alec Shrewsbury and Oxford public school boys putting down grammar school boys with ideas above their station . |
| 22 | One possible explanation is that because early growth exerts a greater effect on reproductive success in males than females ( see above ) , selection favours increased investment by young males in growth at the expense of laying down body fat to assure survival during periods of food shortage . |
| 23 | Happily , after rectifying it and laying down coconut matting ( ! ) , the year ended with a small surplus , although £100 was owing on the building , and £140 had been spent on the Club 's first tractor ! |
| 24 | In strict legal terms , the letter of the 1976 law was being followed in 1978 , but the Act had not produced the results in dampening down press publicity in the way that had been hoped . |