Example sentences of "[vb infin] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 2 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 3 | Better sacks have bound seams which do at least slow down the leaking process . |
| 4 | Vitamin E : research shows that it interrupts the free radical chain of destruction and so can slow down the ageing process . |
| 5 | I suspect part of the reason behind the council buying the ground in 1983 ? was so they could knock down the old rugby league stadium . |
| 6 | After a few months he could strip down the simpler engines , service and reassemble them . |
| 7 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 8 | Only positive action by government in this regard can break down the wholesale and , in many cases , bitter mistrust of the police by black people , for , in the end , complete integration of different ethnic groups is a political issue . |
| 9 | Ciba 's top management hopes this will help break down the hierarchical system in which many of their middle management had become too passive , and encourage more individual initiative . |
| 10 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 11 | They are ruminants and have special structures in their stomachs ( the rumen ) , containing special micro-organisms which can break down the hard parts of the plants . |
| 12 | They attack high-protein leaves , more acidic ones having less available protein , the optimum pH for the fungus ( pH 5 ) being reached when the material is mixed with the ants ' acidic faeces : then the fungus can break down the hydrolysable tannin/protein complexes . |
| 13 | They would ally themselves with the united Labour forces and afford the possibilities of developing a mighty Peoples Front which will bring down the National Government . " |
| 14 | The emergence of such standards , and the ability to re-use programs written in conventional languages , should bring down the last barriers to wide acceptance of parallel computing . |
| 15 | LABOUR MP Dennis Skinner believes three things will bring down the Royal Family and turn Britain into a republic — tax , television and history . |
| 16 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 17 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 18 | Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ? |
| 19 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 20 | In fact , the whole thing goes on all night and if they can keep down the smarmy comments ( like , we know this stuff if crap , we do n't need to be told ) , it could be very good . |
| 21 | Councils argued that rather than run down the home-help service it was better to charge those who could afford to pay and keep the total level of service . |
| 22 | You can draw down the full amount arranged for your loan all at once , or can take the money in stages . |
| 23 | If we can now move down the clinical axis to level 5 — that of the individual patient — there have been various trials in techniques of patient costing ; designed by definition , to calculate the cost of treating each patient . |
| 24 | An exceptionally aggressive horse may reduce the position of another natural herd leader ; a racehorse that always comes last may slide down the social scale ; whereas a horse low in self-esteem and of a more passive and gentle nature , may , if its confidence is given a considerable boost , decide to dominate other horses formerly higher in the pecking order . |
| 25 | ‘ Feel worse , ’ I said glumly , watching the water cascade down the concrete stair-case of the spillway . |
| 26 | As I was saying earlier on , it is a contract a legally binding contract , which does lay down the actual contractual position , but as in every business we do n't stick rigidly to the lettering of the policy , so erm in practice I think if you take the policy purely as it is erm it probably gives not as good effect of the policy as it actually is . |
| 27 | Under any new system , the Government has made plain that it will lay down the minimum rates of benefit . |
| 28 | As a cyclist who regularly uses rail to travel longer distances , I am concerned that the proposals to privatise BR should lay down the right conditions for operators from the outset and that any legislation involving the obligations imposed on operators should specifically mention the interests of cyclists . |
| 29 | Delegated legislation is used mainly to add detail to primary legislation which may lay down the general principles although matters of considerable importance are sometimes dealt with in this way . |
| 30 | If the Senate will not agree to his design for a new Rome , then he will burn down the present one and give them no choice . |