Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the party leadership 's opposition to aspects of Mr Nemeth 's austerity measures , the budget is expected to be approved today , after parliament successfully watered down the controversial changes in housing policy which entailed steep rent rises and a sharp increase in mortgage payments . |
| 2 | The British Press habitually looks for an opportunity eventually to knock down the heroes they have created and placed on pedestals , if only to do something new . |
| 3 | The absence of the category of consciousness inevitably plays down the role of individual subjects and thus of individual agency and resistance as a result of specific acts of will . |
| 4 | It is noteworthy , then , that the recipient often writes down the details that he is told . |
| 5 | As the car then goes down the line , past various work stations , all the components are fitted to the car in turn . |
| 6 | Similarly , the suppressed sadist who exercises the inclination by verbal humiliation might be thought of as needing to dominate , while the one who by word and action emotionally breaks down the victim as a person might be destructive . |
| 7 | Independent radio group , GWR , which joined the USM in March and recently merged with Consolidated Radio Holdings , has warned the media sector not to talk down the buoyancy of the industry . |
| 8 | Independent radio group , GWR , which joined the USM in March and recently merged with Consolidated Radio Holdings , has warned the media sector not to talk down the buoyancy of the industry . |
| 9 | The crash also pushed down the output-capital ratio , by an average of one tenth , as excess capacity mounted . |
| 10 | Fears in the financial markets that government policy towards the pound was in disarray also drove down the currency 3.05 cents against the dollar to $1.5775 . |
| 11 | Masturbation was most often used to demonstrate how the transgression of divine law inevitably brought down the wrath of God : ‘ For he that soweth his flesh , shall of the flesh reap corruption . ’ |
| 12 | Coming down from the Col de la Pierre-Saint-Martin there is no need to drive back the way you came , through Arette , because five miles from the top you can fork off to the right and come down in sylvan splendour through the very heart of the Forêt d'lssaux , before either turning sharp left down the valley of the Lourdios and a not very good road to Issor , or carrying straight on to follow one of two better , more or less interchangeable roads back into the valley of the Aspe near Bedous . |
| 13 | But the controller there took down the details incorrectly and sent an ambulance to Falkirk . |
| 14 | Whatever weight one attaches to each of these factors , the extent and pattern of accumulation undeniably drove down the rate of profit in the years before 1973 . |
| 15 | But this very silence casts doubt on Mancini 's central point that the council actually voted down the king 's expressed wishes . |
| 16 | But this very silence casts doubt on Mancini 's central point that the council actually voted down the king 's expressed wishes . |
| 17 | Sewage nowsimply runs down the streets . |
| 18 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 19 | ITV last night finally brought down the curtain on Highway — the early evening Sunday ‘ God slot ’ . |
| 20 | Athelstan hid a smile , looking at the sweat still pouring down the fat coroner 's face , the great , stout stomach wobbling with a mixture of pride and anger . |
| 21 | The disaster on the London-Belfast flight happened after one of the Boeing 's two engines began to break up and the crew mistakenly shut down the other one . |
| 22 | The operating crew mistakenly shut down the no. 2 engine . |
| 23 | I was in the supermarket the other day and then this bloke , I saw this bloke pick up this massive bottle of er vinegar right , and he took the top off there was some old woman just going down the aisle and he just started pouring it all over her |
| 24 | Parents and teachers claim Rainbow deliberately plays down the risk of contracting Aids from homosexual relationships by suggesting there is nothing frightening about the gay lifestyle . |
| 25 | Benjamin asked , turning his chair slightly to look down the table at Dacourt . |
| 26 | You 're still working your strategy carefully to move down the field , using your back row , using your tight scrummage skills , using your three-quarters to gain some ground , and eventually you might outmanoeuvre the opposition defence and score . |
| 27 | Countries near the Rim simply loaded down the books of dead mages with leaden pentalphas and threw them over the Edge . |
| 28 | The entire Hegelian machinery simply lays down the operation of a system already in place , already operating in everyday life . |
| 29 | She transferred the Beretta from her shoulder holster to her anorak pocket then moved down the row of freight cars , checking for the serial number which corresponded with the one Teufel had written down for her . |
| 30 | The local authority therefore lays down the specification for the road construction and in view of the long-term maintenance obligations , insists on high standards of workmanship and materials . |