Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] down for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 2 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 3 | To reduce the possibility of the lining materials , used for the construction of walls and ceilings , contributing to the initial fire spread within the building , performance standards are laid down for the reaction to fire of the materials used for the exposed surfaces . |
| 4 | Under English evidential law , specific provisions are laid down for the submission and use of computer records in court . |
| 5 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 6 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 7 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |
| 8 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 9 | How then can the term ‘ mass medium ’ be pinned down for the period 1945 — 90 ? |
| 10 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 11 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 12 | They can be blotted down for an even more subtle finish , if you prefer , then topped with a dewy lipgloss . |
| 13 | In the Newport hundreds , where the level of lay assessments was low and left substantially unchanged by the subsidy , the proportion of wealth owned by the Church was much higher than in the more advanced Chilterns , not only in 1522 but also after the initial assessments had been scaled down for the subsidy . |
| 14 | You may laugh , but already deposits worth £30,000 have been put down for the book and at least 5,000 people have telephoned bookshops to express an interest . |
| 15 | Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time . |
| 16 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 17 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 18 | The following techniques are outlawed under s3 : restricting the right to bid to more than one article ; goods being knocked down for a price less than the highest bid ; or where there are " free " gifts . |
| 19 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 20 | It 's been shut down for a fortnight , it 's all getting modernized and all that , upgraded . |
| 21 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 22 | I 'm sitting up on a hillside looking down on Lollapalooza , by a ski lodge which is shut down for the summer . |
| 23 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 24 | MOTORIST Steve Hopwood was turned down for a disabled parking pass — even though he has only one arm and one leg . |
| 25 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 26 | He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old . |
| 27 | Press restrictions were imposed ( but quickly lifted ) and the weekly current affairs magazine Caretas was closed down for a time , commentators thereby inferring that the chief target of the coup was APRA . |
| 28 | Outside , Baker Street was closed down for the weekend except for the Barracuda Club , which had taken over from the original School Dinners restaurant after it moved across the road to usurp the No. 34 Wine Bar . |
| 29 | And when we went then after Christmas the shop was closed down for the |
| 30 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |