Example sentences of "[verb] down the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I took some smaller bombs and planted them inside some of the rabbit holes , stamping down the roofs of the tunnel entrances so that they caved in and left only the straw fuses sticking out . |
| 2 | Frankly I think from our colleagues in the conservative party should n't really be wasting our time here with these silly motions , erm what 's needed is if you 're gon na improve the housing situation in the city and in the country as a whole , we need to be allowed to use our capital receipts , all the ones we 've piled up , and we need to also inject money into the national economy to build new homes and incidentally to get the economy moving again and start bringing down the level of unemployment . |
| 3 | Then , as the players came thundering down the boards , she joined the stampede , trying to steal the ball and nearly bringing down the pony of a fat child with pigtails , whose mother promptly started yelling at Daisy . |
| 4 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 5 | By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu 's suspicions and caprices had whittled down the numbers of his long-term favourites . |
| 6 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 7 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 8 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
| 9 | If you live at any distance from medical help , or are not within easy reach of a telephone , it might be wise to add some ‘ activated charcoal ’ to the medicine cupboard , as it can slow down the absorption of poison . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Furthermore , it may be in Big 's interest to deliberately slow down the progress of an acquisition possibly to await the occurrence of certain events or to put pressure on the vendor . |
| 12 | AIDS patients are being given a new vaccine which could slow down the effects of the disease . |
| 13 | This narrowing or furring up of the arteries can slow down the flow of the blood to your heart ( giving rise to the condition known as angina ) or even cut off the supply completely , at which point a heart attack then occurs . |
| 14 | John Houghton , director of the Meteorological Office and chair of the IPCC 's Working Group I , said that Thatcher 's programme , if repeated worldwide , would not stop the rise in temperatures , but would slow down the rate of increase . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The brewers argued that introducing arbitration would inevitably slow down the process of negotiating agreements . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer , tending to make the action sluggish . |
| 19 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 20 | It 's not a miracle cure , but it 's hoped American trials prove it can slow down the onset of Aids . |
| 21 | It is believed the characteristic dimply appearance results from a build-up of toxins and fluid which can slow down the metabolism of the cells . |
| 22 | In addition to specifying what the core should contain , the framework laid down the percentage of the timetable to be allocated to some subjects , for example , English and mathematics were each to be allocated ten per cent . |
| 23 | For 50 years the Hops Marketing Board was a governmentregulated body that laid down the price of hops and how many each grower should produce on an annual basis . |
| 24 | With the final umbrella of the Charter , which theoretically laid down the principles of the paper and what it stood for , the last bricks were put into the edifice . |
| 25 | L 20 , p. 19 ) , which laid down the principle of equal access to fishing grounds ; ( b ) the thirtieth recital in the Preamble to Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3796/81 on the common organisation of the market in fishery products ( Official Journal 1981 No . |
| 26 | General Carson laid down the slip of paper he had been studying and looked at the colonel seated across the table from him . |
| 27 | But Lombroso laid down the foundations of most of what was to follow in genetic theories of crime . |
| 28 | A Hungarian-French treaty of friendship and concord signed on Sept. 11 laid down the terms of co-operation between the two countries on minority issues and on Hungary 's desire for full membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 29 | On the pavement , Jo shook herself free and smoothed down the front of her leather mini-skirt . |
| 30 | Louise smiled a slow smile , and smoothed down the skirt of her dress . |