Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] down [art] " 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 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 8 | Yesterday , the Princess also turned down an invitation to try out a hospital treadmill saying she was much too fit already . |
| 9 | The committee also turned down a request from batsman Philip Robinson , who declined a new contract with the county , to be classified as a ‘ non-contested ’ registration . |
| 10 | The crash also pushed down the output-capital ratio , by an average of one tenth , as excess capacity mounted . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But the controller there took down the details incorrectly and sent an ambulance to Falkirk . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Act therefore laid down a " statement of particulars " to be included in any contract — the nature and length of the voyage , the time to be on board , the capacity in which the seaman was to serve , the amount of wages and scale of provisions to be provided and any disciplinary rules or penalties to be applied while on board — thus anticipating by 122 years the detailing of terms universally required by the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 . |
| 17 | But this very silence casts doubt on Mancini 's central point that the council actually voted down the king 's expressed wishes . |
| 18 | But this very silence casts doubt on Mancini 's central point that the council actually voted down the king 's expressed wishes . |
| 19 | On opening the door and passing through the doorway the plaintiff immediately fell down a flight of steps and sustained injury . |
| 20 | Ad hoc alliances of green organizations take place from time to time , and at the end of 1988 Greenpeace , Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature jointly threw down a ‘ green gauntlet ’ to the government , urging it to turn propaganda about the environment into action . |
| 21 | Sewage nowsimply runs down the streets . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | ITV last night finally brought down the curtain on Highway — the early evening Sunday ‘ God slot ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The operating crew mistakenly shut down the no. 2 engine . |
| 27 | In 1992 the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a hate-crime ordinance in St Paul , Minnesota , that was invoked after a cross-burning . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Benjamin asked , turning his chair slightly to look down the table at Dacourt . |