Example sentences of "[vb -s] down the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only the slow pace of human speech and human reactions that slows down the electronic processes that come into play when national security appears to be at risk . |
| 2 | The candidate looks down the offered answers arid circles A or B or C or whichever answer he thinks appropriate . |
| 3 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 4 | The kind of novel learning environment that is characteristic of the pilot CPVE schemes now being implemented , which breaks down the traditional barriers of subjects , compartmentalized lessons and didactic teaching , may well spread rapidly into other areas of the school 's work . |
| 5 | From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment . |
| 6 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 7 | 5.1 to also lays down the permitted hours for off-sale premises . |
| 8 | Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract . |
| 9 | Most countries have a written document known as " the constitution " which lays down the main rules governing the structure and functions of government and which regulates the relationship between the state and its citizens . |
| 10 | I see in my mind the laughter of Ramakrishna transformed into a transcendent substance which echoes down the mystic roads . |
| 11 | The water is contained in a clear plastic tank and the steam comes down the thick tubes from the tank to the iron . |
| 12 | The program works down the hierarchical spaces , rotating them to achieve a zero rotational error in each sub-space between the actual end of the mechanism and the reference point . |