Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A classical ballet has a style of dance based on certain accepted principles and rules laid down by french , Russian , Danish , Italian and more recent schools . |
| 2 | Many of the rules laid down by this syndicat in 1904 were later taken as the basic framework around which the AOC regulations for Champagne were formulated in 1927 . |
| 3 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 4 | In state primary schools the pupil-teacher ratio went down by 7.5 per cent and in state secondary schools there was a fall of 9.5 per cent , but in the same ten year period the pupil-teacher ratio in independent schools came down by 17.7 per cent . |
| 5 | It 's our biggest insurer of local authorities and has been hit by huge payouts , including those for schools burned down by young arsonists . |
| 6 | Most came to terms with the constraints of the existing order but a radical wing refused to do so and dreamed of a society run on rational lines laid down by acknowledged experts ( themselves ) — a society they dubbed ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 7 | It could be gathered by inshore divers down to ten metres and where necessary dredged from greater depths by nets weighed down by heavy timber frames . |
| 8 | Yes I I presume there must be some form of safeguarding areas laid down by British Coal . |
| 9 | The Cowboys went down by 35 points in week one , but Buffalo , by contrast , opened on a high with four passing touchdowns , three caught by Andre Reed . |
| 10 | That figure needs to go up by twenty-six thousand to read nought point two three one million , and what 's left needs to go down by twenty-six thousand at ten one one four o million . |
| 11 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
| 12 | Applying the principles laid down by this House in American Cyanamid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd. [ 1975 ] A.C. 396 , he first asked himself whether there was a serious question to be tried ; he held that there was , the question being whether or not the facts were such that section 47 was incompatible with article 30 . |
| 13 | The situation that , that a lot of people find themselves in nowadays , now er council housing is no longer available to an awful lot of people , is that they 're at the mercy of private landlords , and in order to have any kind of home they have to go along this sort of conditions and rent levels laid down by private landlords . |
| 14 | In Staines Warehousing Co Ltd v Montagu Executor & Trustee Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 EGLR 130 the court held that where a lease provides that an application to appoint a surveyor is to be made to a specified appointing body like the RICS , the application had to follow the procedures laid down by that appointing body . |
| 15 | what is the point of asking a middle ranking executive about his greatest achievement at work in the past 10 years when he has probably been locked into office procedures laid down by senior management and where his scope for initiative has been restricted . |
| 16 | But , within the limits laid down by that doctrine , it is for the power-holder to decide what to do . |
| 17 | If he was to prevent the outbreak of rebellion , or stem a flood of appeals outside his jurisdiction , he was bound to operate within the limits laid down by regional custom and privileges . |
| 18 | local authorities — to decide , within the broad financial constraints laid down by central government , what priority should be given to education at a local level ; to formulate , within the statutory framework , general policies for local education provision , and , where appropriate , to allocate resources to local communities |
| 19 | It was confirmed by Justice Minister Ghazi Obeid as Sammar , who said that all other sentences handed down by martial law courts would be upheld . |
| 20 | He upheld the death sentences handed down by lower courts . |
| 21 | Darlington 's Conservative MP , Michael Fallon , said : ‘ It is far more important to get the valuations right rather than fulfil time limits set down by local councils . ’ |
| 22 | By the time they came to the sharp bend at Borlick they had caught up with the McCulloch family , old Donald limping and muttering to himself , Donald hand in hand with Jean , Mary and her friend big Mary striding on ahead , their arms pulled down by heavy baskets of pies and eggs . |
| 23 | And the Beaubourg gallery has recent assemblages by the French sculptor César until 7 November : cut-out , compressed , superimposed statues of Communist leaders brought down by last summer 's events in Moscow and entitled ‘ Ave Lenin ’ . |
| 24 | But although the away side did well in the Midlands , there was disappointment at Liverpool , where the locals went down by 31 shots . |
| 25 | While the rest of the humans bent down by one of the flat tyres it strolled up to the gate , fiddled the teeth of the pliers on to the padlock , and squeezed . |
| 26 | The classical legends set down by ancient Greek poets like Homer referred to a number of gods , under their leader Zeus , supposedly located on Mount Olympus , who made occasional forays onto the human scene in various human or animal disguises . |
| 27 | ‘ Their lines were formed so thick and deep , ’ observed one eyewitness in Cumberland 's army , ‘ that the grapeshot made open lanes quite through them , the men dropping down by wholesale . ’ |
| 28 | If it meets all of the criteria laid down by these bodies , the NCVQ or SCOTVEC ‘ seal of approval ’ will be given and the awarding body will be able to offer the awards . |
| 29 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 30 | An extended dining-table was littered with papers held down by little pottery artefacts from ashtrays to small pitchers and there was a portable typewriter at one end . |