Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] down [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also missed a second half penalty , stand-in keeper Billy Drake saving from David McCabe after Graham McConnell had been sent off for bringing down Finty McConville . |
| 2 | ‘ It must have been pretty horrific for everyone watching , ’ Croft apologised after grinding down Alison Smith 6-4 6-7 6-3 to reach the second round of the Volkswagen National championships . |
| 3 | The paramilitaries felt , quite rightly as it turned out , that the politicians would use them when it suited them and then reject them once the threat of anarchy had achieved the desired end of bringing down Brian Faulkner . |
| 4 | Shortly afterwards he identified inflation as , ‘ Public Enemy Number One ’ and urged a tax increase upon congress as a way of damping down consumer spending . |
| 5 | The costs of shutting down production lines , for example , as a result of German environment protection regulations and current or anticipated levies , could not be passed on . |
| 6 | For the Collector knew that he had to have earth as a cushion against the enemy cannons ; brickwork or masonry splinters or cracks , wood is useless ; only earth is capable of gulping down cannon balls without distress . |
| 7 | The celebrations surrounding the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Queen were used as means of playing down class differences and uniting the country around slogans like ‘ coats off for Britain ’ . |
| 8 | One possible explanation is that because early growth exerts a greater effect on reproductive success in males than females ( see above ) , selection favours increased investment by young males in growth at the expense of laying down body fat to assure survival during periods of food shortage . |
| 9 | In social welfare , Vogel touched on a very topical issue when he praised the advantages of a minimal welfare state for holding down tax levels and maximizing individual incentives . |
| 10 | It 's early morning on the Forest Vale industrial estate in Cinderford , and company boss Roger Sanderson starts work outside his plastic mouldings factory.But while other businessmen are checking their ansaphones and fax machines , he 's faced with swilling down sheep droppings left by the flocks that roam the estate.It 's a task that has to be repeated several times a day , and Mr Sanderson has had enough. : |
| 11 | After a shaky start full back Nick Pickering got himself booked after only 42 seconds for chopping down Worrall Sterling Quakers restricted Posh to three first half chances , even though the promotion chasers enjoyed most possession . |
| 12 | If direct on-line storage is limited , it may be worth accepting more frequent reorganizations as the price for cutting down overflow space . |
| 13 | The Regional Council is engaged in drawing down Capital grant assistance under RECHAR and mainstream ERDF programmes . |
| 14 | TROUBLED John Major was accused yesterday of having ‘ little confidence ’ in keeping down interest rates — because he 's taken out a cheap FIXED mortgage . |
| 15 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 16 | In strict legal terms , the letter of the 1976 law was being followed in 1978 , but the Act had not produced the results in dampening down press publicity in the way that had been hoped . |
| 17 | YOUR EDITORIAL writers need reminding that our campaign of non-payment of the poll tax led to its abolition and substantially contributed to bringing down Mrs Thatcher . |
| 18 | In addition to bringing down interest rates by another two per cent , he has to establish the right monetary policy after sticking to the wrong one for two years . |
| 19 | After exceptional provisions of £23.5 million on winding down property development business , however , pre-tax profits , under the new FRS3 formula , fell 7 per cent to £210.9 million . |
| 20 | British Rail themselves , the guardians of this heritage , gave a blockbusting philistine lead by demolishing the Euston Arch , an act somewhat akin to tearing down Salisbury Cathedral or Windsor Castle . |
| 21 | Increased international competition almost certainly contributed to holding down profit margins . |
| 22 | Plenty of paper ( scrap and good note-paper ) for jotting down page numbers , quotations , thoughts provoked by your reading , full-scale notes at the end of the strategy . |
| 23 | Liverpool City Council claims Michael Heseltine 's Department of Trade and Industry is responsible for playing down firework risks . |
| 24 | The import of 1,000,000 tonnes of wheat , reportedly aimed at bringing down grain prices , was announced on Jan. 16 . |
| 25 | Cardboard cutout policemen have been known to reduce shoplifting in supermarkets , and cardboard patrol cars have been effective at slowing down motorway speeders . |
| 26 | Unless and until the Government gives a lead by bringing down interest rates generally . |
| 27 | It aims to do this particularly by cutting down administration costs and releasing management time for more valuable tasks than ploughing through mountains of paperwork . |
| 28 | ‘ You could have killed me any time you wanted to , ’ Sheldukher sneered sadistically down at it , ‘ just by shutting down life support . |
| 29 | You start your journey by cruising down Short Island Sound ( formerly Long Island Sound ) to New York where the Statue of Liberty tests the waters of the Atlantic with her toes . |
| 30 | One other proposal is to reinforce Hunter Square behind Tron Kirk as an urban node by closing down car access from Blair Street and by sinking the existing public toilet below ground . |