Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] down [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that everyone writes down the five you agree on . |
| 2 | It is the official authority ‘ traditionally ’ associated with management , which goes down the scalar chain . |
| 3 | The kind of novel learning environment that is characteristic of the pilot CPVE schemes now being implemented , which breaks down the traditional barriers of subjects , compartmentalized lessons and didactic teaching , may well spread rapidly into other areas of the school 's work . |
| 4 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 5 | Most countries have a written document known as " the constitution " which lays down the main rules governing the structure and functions of government and which regulates the relationship between the state and its citizens . |
| 6 | Coat each hair with a fine translucent film which smooths down the rough surface & seals the hair to prevent moisture loss . |
| 7 | I see in my mind the laughter of Ramakrishna transformed into a transcendent substance which echoes down the mystic roads . |
| 8 | She throws down an empty glass , just missing the head of the sleeping man . |
| 9 | The hunter who strikes down a wild peccary with a blowgun dart is participating in only one aspect of this process , and the critical role is played by the ruwang . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ People are playing with fire if they contemplate the Government will just be defeated on Wednesday and everything settles down the following day . |
| 12 | And as one walks down the precipitous towpath there on the right is the stepping spread of side ponds and beyond that the overgrown remains of ‘ one of the many freaks that the mechanical age has produced ’ , as Rolt describes rather ungraciously the inclined plane that has gained for Foxton an entry in the ‘ Encyclopaedia Britannica ’ . |
| 13 | Mortality rates among the adult working population parallel the progressive incidence of illness that occurs as one moves down the social hierarchy . |
| 14 | The study doors are those that face one as one comes down the great staircase . |
| 15 | If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 22 | In each he jots down an initial point — " 1 . |
| 23 | Hits it so low , he knocks it off and he comes down the wrong way and lands on top of us . |