Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although mantle plumes do not drive the rifting in this model , the surface uplift caused by underplating would assist the rifting process as diverging plates would tend to slide down either side of a hot-spot swell . |
| 2 | But it might not be a bad idea to go down that route to see if we can we can see if it can be exploit it at this stage because we have discussed , and I know this is getting off the the the the agen |
| 3 | If you 're willing to go down the route to drag hunting I am willing to support any hunt that wants to go down that route and I am sure this authority would . |
| 4 | Now you ca n't do that without going and asking think with the organisations such as housing associations , some factor information about where we would stand if we decide to go down that route . |
| 5 | A new CAT has now been set up to go down that avenue . |
| 6 | But to go down this path of analysis is to put things in an unreasonably negative light . |
| 7 | Much as I would enjoy debating this matter with the hon. Gentleman , whom I might also call my hon. Friend , I do not wish to go down this path . |
| 8 | " I was planning to go down this week-end . |
| 9 | I do n't think it is , I think , no , I think you 've got to come down another pattern . |
| 10 | So you know we 've got enough courage to come down this end . |
| 11 | Incidentally when doing phone-ins it 's a good idea to write down each person 5 name as they call in so that you can address them by name . |
| 12 | Wireless , the cinema and television had not yet had the opportunity to smooth down all individuality in the spoken word and local dialect still flourished . |
| 13 | We stopped to stare down that slope , more sensed than seen . |
| 14 | Israel 's Environment Minister Yossi Sarid attended the meeting , the first time an Israeli official has attended a regional conference in an Arab state , although delegates were at pains to play down this aspect , stressing that environmental problems went beyond political differences . |
| 15 | The 800m world record holder , who is currently training between 50 and 60 miles a week , was quick to play down any suggestion that he would finish among the top runners in the 11th London Marathon . |
| 16 | To reach us you have to walk down this passage way between the two shops . |
| 17 | The sheer volume of the many assessments externally required by the Act and now under design by SEAC runs the danger of forcing the less confident teachers — indeed all of them in the first instance , as they ascend the steep learning curve — into ‘ rote teaching ’ , a much more dangerous activity than rote learning because it tends to shut down that sense of intellectual curiosity without which children are not really being taught . |
| 18 | Some people will resort to games in order to get themselves off the hook or to put down another person . |
| 19 | ‘ Nurses should be advised to resist such pressure and not be afraid to turn down any assignment which they feel may be outside their sphere of competence . |
| 20 | The slow but steady rise in France 's defence spending has begun to turn down this year . |
| 21 | She 'd be daft to turn down this opportunity . |
| 22 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |
| 23 | And er the ones out of the control room they managed to get down that stage we would be about half an hour after it , after the initial blast . |
| 24 | there is a better chance now than ever before to break down that prejudice which prompted the Irish people to confound in one common hatred the oppressed classes of England with the oppressors of both countries . |
| 25 | They had ‘ got into the way of singing this song ’ , he explained , and it was ‘ by degrees that he hopes to break down this habit ’ . |
| 26 | I want to take down some dado and picture rails . |
| 27 | The regulars , as she put it , had mostly departed and she and her husband were soon going to close down that side of the business for the winter . |
| 28 | The intention was to close down that area of attack . |
| 29 | The Government possessed no legal power to close down this paper , nor indeed any other paper at this time : its powers were restricted to refusing the initial registration of a paper , and Ulimwengu was registered . |
| 30 | I find nothing in the Act to indicate that Parliament thought or intended to lay down that indulgence in these practices is not corrupting . |