Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going on to a weight-reducing diet actually reduces the rates of hormone production by the thyroid , and in turn slows down the metabolic rate . |
| 2 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 3 | It is only the slow pace of human speech and human reactions that slows down the electronic processes that come into play when national security appears to be at risk . |
| 4 | US cities are different from British cities in that , housing goes down a long chain of ownership , becoming more downgraded with each owner , because the wealthy continually build new houses . |
| 5 | It is the official authority ‘ traditionally ’ associated with management , which goes down the scalar chain . |
| 6 | So Summerchild locks up his office and goes down the narrow staircase . |
| 7 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
| 8 | But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive . |
| 9 | So as one goes down the stratigraphical column , if one leaves behind the spectacles of the specialist and looks about one with the wondering eyes of a child , one never ceases to be amazed at the diversity and yet the uniformity of it all . |
| 10 | Perhaps this is the reason for the bashfully truncated picture of the F/A-18 which , although admittedly showing the aircraft 's refined canopy shape successfully developed from the grasshopper 's eye concept , plays down the disappointing lack of progress in the other aspects mentioned . |
| 11 | Investment bankers say that grey markets allow short-selling that drives down a new issue 's price . |
| 12 | She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity . |
| 13 | The candidate looks down the offered answers arid circles A or B or C or whichever answer he thinks appropriate . |
| 14 | Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street . |
| 15 | Seven years after losing her sight Philippa now holds down a full-time job . |
| 16 | As well as looking after Thomas , Beverley holds down a busy job as an executive with Boots in Nottingham . |
| 17 | He is best imagined as an old-fashioned sawbones before the invention of anaesthetics , carving away placidly while an assistant holds down the screaming patient . |
| 18 | ( If the proverb is not understood first time , the PP writes down the key word and then repeats the whole proverb up-to-time . ) |
| 19 | writes down the immediate short term objective which has to be achieved ; |
| 20 | The craft passes down a wide channel between sheer cliffs lined with castles , ramparts and defences , before passing through the second portal , a gate of shining silver set with sapphires the size of a man 's head . |
| 21 | This stream passes down a wooded ravine with no access , steps having to be retraced to the Old Ing road . |
| 22 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 23 | You lay the Axminster carpet on top of the cable , trampling all over it , over a number of years and again the old thing happens , it wears down the outer protective cabling , it breaks down the insulation and then you get a fire situation burning away , smouldering away underneath your carpet because while ever your er electrical appliance is switched on heat is being generated . |
| 24 | It is augmented by tributaries and the magnificent waterfall of Steall and then plunges down a rocky wooded gorge , finally to travel on a more tranquil course to its destiny in Loch Linnhe . |
| 25 | A track leads down the open fellside to join Fell Beck , whose peaty waters eventually tumble into the fern-hung swallow hole of Gaping Gill . |
| 26 | A central feature of this book is to show how global capitalism produces the material conditions for socialism , but closes down the political and cultural-ideological space for it . |
| 27 | He stocks his stores with fresh-faced young assistants to whom he hands down a rigid dress code like a strict father : no nail varnish , no high heels — no dark tights even . |
| 28 | Liessa swings down the mounting ladder and lands with her legs locked around Laolith 's leathery neck . |
| 29 | The massive alienation thus bred may be contained in the context of a stable economic and cultural framework , but when that stability breaks down a different picture begins to emerge . |
| 30 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |