Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] down an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though X/Open no longer has any formal relationship with the Foundation , following the Cambridge , Massachusetts-based group 's withdrawal from its board at the end of last year , the open systems standards body has nailed down an agreement with OSF which will see all DCE specifications integrated into its Common Applications Environment , CAE , interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
| 2 | Jabril , it said , had allegedly had Iranian financial backing , and the Lockerbie attack was thus interpreted as a revenge attack after the US navy had shot down an Iranian airliner in July 1988 [ see pp. 36169-70 ] . |
| 3 | The issue of whether to legalize abortion has brought down an Italian government , and yet the age of consent is fourteen , and furthermore sexual intercourse below that age is only illegal if the minor concerned brings charges . |
| 4 | " The government has thrown down an apple of discord which has burst into flames and flooded the country " . |
| 5 | Neo-suedehead singer Andy appears to have gone through a second puberty , his former growling style of delivery having fallen down an octave well and climbed out deeper and darker . |
| 6 | Amid protracted party political disputes , he announced Cabinet appointments on Oct. 2-8 which covered the political spectrum , with representatives from the right-wing Liberal Front Party ( PFL — formerly the mainstay of the Collor government ) ; the Social Democratic Party of Brazil ( PSDB ) ; the Democratic Labour Party ( PDT ) ; and the Brazilian Socialist Party ( PSB ) , as well as one member of the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , in a " personal " capacity ( the PT having turned down an invitation to join the government ) . |
| 7 | Too expedient and un-systematic to be called a philosophy , they comprise even so a kind of official doctrine , rather as though a series of government inquiries on the press had set down an official theory of ‘ the Fourth Estate ’ . |
| 8 | When it landed , the Americans had no steps tall enough to reach it , a gratifying start except for the fact that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and his party had to climb down an emergency ladder hand over hand . |
| 9 | GALA have turned down an invitation to Currie rugby sevens on Sunday , April 4 — anticipating that they will be involved in a title decider with Melrose three days later . |