Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following a decision earlier in the year to scale down its workstation business , ( UX No 368 ) Solbourne Computer Inc , Longmont , Colorado , has pulled the plug on its direct sales operations in Europe , claiming ‘ lack of business . ’ |
| 2 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not want to talk down his home city . |
| 3 | He turned to reach down her fleecy cream jacket from the stand in the corner and held it out for her . |
| 4 | I wonder if we were to look down our wedding invitation list , nearly twenty five years ago we could have a gathering when we 're fifty five of all the people who were at our wedding if they 're around today . |
| 5 | Shelley came out of her dream , and tried to play down her starstruck behaviour . |
| 6 | He 's had a series of clashes with Sony , which his counsel says was unhappy when he wished to play down his sex symbol image , and did n't put its back behind promoting recent albums . |
| 7 | While Roebuck may wish to play down his football courage , the proof is there for all to witness . |
| 8 | The BBC is to shut down its shortwave broadcasting facility at Daventry . |
| 9 | It is rather ironic that we continue to run down our coal industry and sterilise billions of tonnes of coal . |
| 10 | We 're not going to forbid it , but remember that the extra calories are going to slow down your weight loss . |
| 11 | PRIME COMPUTER TO CLOSE DOWN ITS MINICOMPUTER MANUFACTURING BUSINESS |
| 12 | Booz , Allen & Hamilton was forced to close down its executive search division in 1980 , when serious problems surfaced as a result of trying to carry on a recruiting business whilst at the same time having 3000 management consultancy clients on their books , who were more or less off-limits from the point of view of providing candidates for headhunting . |
| 13 | One of Prudential 's first moves under its new chief executive was to close down its estate agency business , which began in 1985 . |
| 14 | Employers , by contrast , mistakenly thinking that real wages have fallen to , say , , attempt to move down their labour demand function to a position such as point C. Assuming that actual trading in the labour market is determined on the short side , the level of employment rises to . |
| 15 | Have you ever tried to cut down your alcohol consumption ? |
| 16 | ‘ Given the depressed state of the UK market , it was absolutely essential that we took this painful action to bring down our break-even point and thereby tailor our company to its potential markets . ’ |