Example sentences of "[vb pp] down in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organic molecules broken down in this way release virtually as much energy as they are capable of releasing — so such ‘ oxidative ’ breakdown is extremely efficient . |
| 2 | But the child protection system had broken down in this instance , not because of the excessive timidity or woolliness of social workers who missed the warning signs and failed to act , but because of their over confidence in medical diagnoses and their ready reliance on compulsory measures to remove the children . |
| 3 | Earlier she had come down in this lift with Steve and now she was going up with the last person on earth she could have envisaged . |
| 4 | The disappointment Haslam inevitably felt at being let down in this way led to a second turning point in his career and one of those ‘ negative accidents ’ that ultimately proved to have a positive outcome . |
| 5 | Married women were more likely than single mothers to be let down in this way , and such women were particularly likely to develop depression . |
| 6 | Flood-stories have been handed down in many languages from most parts of the world . |
| 7 | I do not want to get bogged down in that subject as I want to press on and try to answer questions asked . |
| 8 | TOP has got bogged down in some areas . |
| 9 | And the Japanese advances in eastern Asia nourished the hopes that the United States would be completely tied down in that theatre of war . |
| 10 | The circumstances of a particular case may oblige the partners as a matter of good faith to proceed first by way of warning as to future conduct or to offer a personal hearing to the offending partner , but few general rules can be laid down in this respect . |
| 11 | It may be that those aspects of a curriculum , such as skills which are readily expressible in behavioural terms could usefully be laid down in some detail while other aspects , such as problem solving would be more loosely specified or , perhaps , not specified at all . |
| 12 | ‘ We are horrified that such an innocent young lad as our son Craig could be cut down in this way when he was doing humanitarian work , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Everything that you got out the Cooperative was writ down in this book |
| 14 | The dark and the light have lain down in each other 's arms to sleep in a bed of silver moonlight and a little shifting wind brings the scents from the nearby woodland on the other hill . ’ |