Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Garbutt , Grampian 's depute chief constable , said : ‘ Mounting an elaborate hoax such as this is a serious criminal act and our investigation will use all available methods to track down the offender . |
| 2 | David Garbutt , Grampian 's depute chief constable , said : ‘ Mounting an elaborate hoax such as this is a serious criminal act and our investigation will use all available methods to track down the offender . |
| 3 | Rangers needed all of 20 minutes to catch their breath , responding to this constant raiding with play that was neat but frantic , despite Seaman 's signals to slow down the game . |
| 4 | In an effort to help stem the tide of rhino poaching which is now threatening the survival of the species , the UN Environment Programme has appointed a " special envoy " , charged with persuading governments to take steps to close down the trade in rhino products . |
| 5 | But in addition to his constructive plans , Lanfranc also took steps to cut down the force of opposition to his changes by sending away ‘ for correction ’ one of the chief trouble-makers , a monk called Osbern . |
| 6 | They confirmed it was 32 per cent bigger all the way around than the plans allowed for — and now councillors have ordered the Foys to pull down the house , claiming it was built too big deliberately . |
| 7 | If we give the basis of the complaint , however , it is very easy for employers to look down the list and find out which employee comes from Linlithgow , Greenock and Port Glasgow , Aberdeen , North or Banff and Buchan . |
| 8 | Despite Adam 's devious attempts to play down the collaboration behind this superb work ( several resplendently bound copies are on display ) , credit is now given to James 's role as project manager , co-ordinating teams of engravers in Venice , Rome and London over the seven years before publication in 1764 . |
| 9 | It took Mel Fisher , an American obsessed with finding gold , 17 years to track down the wreck of the Atocha ; in the process , his son and daughter-in-law drowned . |
| 10 | The ability of the loyalist terrorists to track down the location is an illustration of how much better their intelligence on the IRA has become . |
| 11 | If this is the case , then you may well want lots of hardy infantry and plenty of missile troops to scythe down the opposition as they advance on your army . |
| 12 | Two previous attempts to shut down the school and transfer the pupils to Coldingham were successfully resisted . |
| 13 | The soldiers ' unit commander went to the scene with a group of unarmed subordinates , but upon being confronted by a stone-throwing mob numbering around 3,000 people he called in armed reinforcements which apparently used batons and firearms to put down the riot . |
| 14 | Indeed , we recently saw that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) has taken actions to run down the region and its potential . |
| 15 | PUBLICANS are campaigning on behalf of their customers to keep down the price of the pint in the Republic . |
| 16 | For more than two weeks prior to Oct. 29 , the Central Bank had been selling an estimated US$50,000,000 in gold each day , in efforts to keep down the gold price ( and thereby to hold down the black-market dollar rate , whose divergence from the official rate provided a barometer of business confidence ) . |
| 17 | The leading central banks are expected to redouble their efforts to push down the dollar once the German decision is announced — something which may ease pressure on the pound if it changes the focus of attention in the foreign exchange markets . |
| 18 | As soon as steam trains were invented , up and running , they became the tools of the industrialist and of the punter on holiday , noisy , smelly , usually late , and the last word in ways to go down the coast . |
| 19 | The Hindu BJP party has called a general strike today to protest against the arrest of two of its leaders , accused of inciting Hindus to tear down the mosque . |
| 20 | You were unable to arouse Sir Thomas so you asked the servants to break down the door ? ’ |
| 21 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
| 22 | It ranges from the Dean 's having been arrested for murdering Paul Gray to the Bishop 's having hired Lord Cumbermound 's beagles to track down the corpse . ’ |
| 23 | Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend . |
| 24 | Overloading of the sieves restricts the opportunity for particles to progress down the nest to an appropriate mesh . |
| 25 | He also claimed ‘ everyone is looking at new materials to bring down the weight of vehicles . ’ |
| 26 | The secret to successful royal icing is to beat the mixture for at least 15 minutes to break down the sugar so that the cake cuts well . |
| 27 | While most people strongly condemn the drugs traffickers , critics point to the recent drive by international markets to drive down the price of coffee , Colombia 's main export — and to the continuing drain of resources into debt payments to Western banks — as evidence that the international community is not willing to make the kind of sacrifices needed to confront the social and economic roots of Latin America 's drug problem . |
| 28 | You can rely on these keen-eyed bowmen to whittle down the enemy 's numbers as they advance . |
| 29 | She did n't hurry getting into her clothes , although she felt cold , and so she was last in the line of children to scramble down the stone stairs and into a room with a linoleum-covered floor . |
| 30 | It found that Blecha had instructed officials including the police to slow down the inquiry against Proksch , had suppressed incriminating files and had brought disciplinary measures against officials working on the inquiry , as well as giving incomplete information to parliament on a number of occasions as regards the progress of the inquiry . |