Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erik Olin Wright , for example , has broken down the concept of ‘ determination ’ into six distinct relations : structural limitation , selection , reproduction/non-reproduction , limits of functional compatibility , transformation and mediation . |
| 2 | But practitioners usually encounter elders at just those times when crisis has broken down the security of routine . |
| 3 | Nine days after the first spillage the government 's Marine Pollution Control Unit declared : " The stormy weather has broken down the oil and driven it out to sea . |
| 4 | The establishment of a core group of drawings to be used as a starting point for the attribution of other sheets on stylistic grounds remains the principal method of research and Mr Royalton-Kisch felt that the present exhibition has contributed to the furtherance of this work which , in the case of the British Museum , has whittled down the number of sheets from the 106 accepted by Benesch to eighty-four . |
| 5 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 6 | He is a natural opener , and Paul Terry has dropped down the order to accommodate him . |
| 7 | By contrast with the Geneva and Reykjavik summits between Mr Gorbachev and the former president , Mr Ronald Reagan , which were dominated by SDI , the issue has dropped down the superpower agenda . |
| 8 | DEL Harris of Colchester , for so long in the top three of the British squash rankings , has dropped down the list because of injury and a recent loss of form . |
| 9 | A FATHER has tracked down the love child he never saw — after 34 years . |
| 10 | The multiple rapist , who has turned down the chance to serve his sentence in the safety of a solitary cell , was attacked at Highdown Prison , near Sutton , Surrey , according to a report on Thames Television . |
| 11 | RICHARD Dunwoody has turned down the chance to renew his association with former Champion Kribensis in the Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday . |
| 12 | David Pleat has turned down the chance to control his own destiny at crisis-club Luton . |
| 13 | DAVE McAULEY , Ireland 's former IBF flyweight champion , has turned down the chance to challenge Welshman Robbie Regan for the European title he won from champion Salvatore Fanni last Saturday . |
| 14 | FILM legend Liz Taylor has turned down the chance of a comeback … playing a lesbian rancher . |
| 15 | FORMER Arsenal winger George Armstrong has turned down the chance to become Malcolm Crosby 's assistant at Sunderland . |
| 16 | Sadly , the British Museum , which does not own a plate by the artist , has turned down the opportunity to buy one on grounds of expense . |
| 17 | The Convoy Aid Romania coordinator has challenged other mercy groups to a public debate but Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has turned down the invitation . |
| 18 | Former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Arnie Sidebottom has turned down the offer of a coaching post at Surrey . |
| 19 | Robinson , who has turned down the offer of a two-year contract by Yorkshire , had been classified by the TCCB as a List I cricketer . |
| 20 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 21 | According to the head of Berlin 's Radiation Measurement Office , Udo Morfeld , the pollution has not created as big a problem as it could have because the clay soil has slowed down the seepage of radioactive material into the groundwater . |
| 22 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 23 | Mr Gatward said TVS has narrowed down the candidates for the MTM job to two . |
| 24 | Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government . |
| 25 | Given such a broad international consensus , shared by the more accommodationist Israeli and Western liberals , it is hardly surprising that since 1974 the PLO has played down the refugee issue , and concentrated on the only acceptable diplomacy concerning a territorial return to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 26 | Outside the sunlight has raced down the slope of the mountain and has almost reached the floor of the valley . |
| 27 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox 's dream of making a fortune from soap that FLOATS has disappeared down the plughole . |
| 28 | In other areas Parliament has specifically provided that tax paid which was not lawfully due to be paid may be recovered and it has laid down the machinery and the conditions for repayment , including the payment of interest . |
| 29 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 30 | The capping has brought down the poll tax bill in the borough to £339.22 , a reduction of nearly £14 . |