Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and ensure that none of the other stand-alone LIFESPAN utilities are running . |
| 2 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and make sure that neither the Hard Copy facility nor the Validation facility are running . |
| 3 | The company rules should lay down an appeals procedure . |
| 4 | The opposition may put down a motion of censure on the Government at any time . |
| 5 | Internally , the routine use of electronic mail should cut down the amount of paper which passes between staff , and may reduce workload on support staff . |
| 6 | So composite fifteen , energy policy to be moved by Southern region , Midlands region to second and again colleagues if supporting speakers could come down the , the front I 'd be very much obliged . |
| 7 | Moreover , because depression , inflation , or other economic distress can bring down a government , and because jobs , prices , production , the standard of living , and the economic security of everyone , all tend to rest on the performance of business , politicians and administrators alike have to regard business as more than just another interest group . |
| 8 | The exchange should lay down the forum or medium of communication through which trading takes place . |
| 9 | But not even Barnes could break down a Springbok side able to absorb the most intense pressure and punish every error . |
| 10 | They say we need more rain because most of the downpour will run down the rivers to the sea . |
| 11 | To reduce this the hearing aid wearer will turn down the volume of his aid , and would therefore lose the amplification he had gained from the Audio Telescope . |
| 12 | The Institute of Housing , in more moderate tones , claims that the replacement of fair rents by market rents will slow down the decline of the private rented sector rather than revive it . |
| 13 | Other small inherent errors are : An increasing speed will cause an apparent nose-up attitude ie , the bar will move down a small amount . |
| 14 | Although the structure and powers of the new committee have yet to be decided , conservationists argue that the additional bureaucracy will slow down the process of designation , cost a lot of money , reduce the power of SNH and may result in designated sites losing their status . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Charles moved back so that the porter could put down a tray with tea things on it . |
| 17 | Every game Endill played the balls would bounce down the slope and into the sea . |
| 18 | Things would quieten down for a little while and the huddles be reformed , but before long there was the crack of a whip and a pony and trap would dash down the field . |
| 19 | Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . |
| 20 | Dealers would scream down the blower : " Did you see The Sunday Times last week Sir ? " knowing that he would probably have missed the relevant bit , just as they had . |
| 21 | Dealers would put down the phones , crowding in a circle round the contestants . |
| 22 | On an incline , all the pots and canisters and the huge stew cauldron would slide down the wagon and crowd him into a corner . |
| 23 | She had smiled on the new young courtier , and she had helped him , and he had been fascinated by her , for although she was ageing , there were still easily discernible traces of the famous beauty who had led armies into battle and lovers into bed ; who had brought Ireland to the brink of something so truly great that its fame would echo down the centuries . |
| 24 | ‘ We are dead if we stay with VSEL , the whole town will go down the plughole . ’ |
| 25 | Visitors to the site can climb down a near vertical , uneven stone staircase through the middle of one of the towers of its ancient perimeter wall . |
| 26 | Here , boards can speed down the course within feet of the beach in consistent summer trade winds of up to 45 knots , and it looks set to become the ideal venue for breaking records . |
| 27 | LICENSING difficulties may slow down the building of nuclear power plants in the United States , Britain and West Germany — but the French still press on almost untrammelled by objectors . |
| 28 | But things should quieten down a bit now , that 's the end of the festival fuss . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose if you 're buying by the thousands the price 'd come down a lot , but when we were only buying about , you know , forty odd plants |
| 30 | Erm , Mr mentioned about erm , the new provisions would cut down the paperwork , work and put more policemen on , police on the beat . |