Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system of transitional payments is in operation , which slows down the effects of these changes on current claimants . |
| 2 | However , when searching for a particular route from the ‘ z ’ , a linear search must be employed to establish whether it exists or not , which slows down the search time compared with the 26-way tree where all 26 routes are allocated . |
| 3 | Consultant pathologist Dr John Ryan said she was more susceptible to the cold because of a condition called hypothyroidism which slows down the body 's metabolism . |
| 4 | An additional plus for the Anatom is its lining , which has in-built Antibac , an antibacterial system which slows down the growth of bacteria on the skin , an unusual but welcome concept in shoe technology . |
| 5 | Below the vernier is an illuminated mute button which shuts down the output socket sited on the far right , so when the tuner is put in line between the guitar and amp it mutes the signal after the tuner , for silent tuning on stage . |
| 6 | Play them in order and make sure that your thumb , which holds down the root of the G chords , also deadens the A string … |
| 7 | In relation to the tap and glass metaphor we can think of these as being something like a plunger that fits over the glass and which forces down the level of stress . |
| 8 | When gannets are on the ground , you ca n't miss the yellowy orange band of colour on the top of their heads which reaches down the back of their necks , and the unusual blue-grey hue of the beaks and feet . |
| 9 | It also has an ‘ enable tracer ’ which cuts down the time needed to run off a large number of copies from one disc . |
| 10 | For instance aluminium costs 95% less in energy when recycles which cuts down the use of fossil fuels and reduces pollution . |
| 11 | From this it is deduced that one who is seised must have an estate , and unless he claims through some gift which cuts down the estate then it will be a fee simple … |
| 12 | For some operators , there is the added benefit of a deal put together and managed by a service company which cuts down the workload for in-house geophysicists . |
| 13 | The predisposing factors identified ( Eastman , 1984 , Hickey , 1981 ) include severe physical and mental infirmity which wears down the carer , poor communication , lack of respite care , lack of praise from the dependent person . |
| 14 | Steve Kennedy and David Ritchie climbed an icefall ( III ) which forms down the summer route The Whore 's Apron ( on the Glen Ceitlin Slabs ; and if that means nothing to you , it 's on Beinn Chaorach , off Glen Etive . |
| 15 | At the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , work by Janet Hemingway on anopheline mosquitoes has shown that malathion specific resistance is inherited as a single gene controlling a carboxylesterase enzyme which breaks down the malathion to its monoacid . |
| 16 | The perming process is made up of three basic elements — the perm solution which breaks down the structure of the hair ; the curler around which the hair is wound and the neutraliser which resets the hair into its new shape around the roller . |
| 17 | The Ponting case also illustrates the ways in which the legitimacy of the state may be threatened if any of its various temporary governors act in a way which breaks down the distinction between state and government , and by wrapping the acts of particular governments in the flag of the state , make it impossible to attack one without assaulting the other . |
| 18 | The nature of the soil depends upon the climate ( which breaks down the rocks ) , upon the kinds of rocks involved ( hard , soft , limy , granitic ) and partly upon their age . |
| 19 | This is done either by an enzyme which breaks down the neurotransmitter or , more commonly , the neurotransmitter can be transported back into the presynaptic area . |
| 20 | Substances such as iproniazid inhibit the enzyme monoamine oxidase ( MAO ) , which breaks down the neurotransmitter noradrenaline . |
| 21 | The figures come from a new survey by the Guardian newspaper , which boils down the profits of our fastest growing industry like this : Drugs trade is worth £2.74 billion . |
| 22 | Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath which lays down the obligations and proper conduct of their profession . |
| 23 | The li as a whole is the cosmic pattern which lays down the lines along which nature and man move , which harmonizes opposites with complementary functions , Yin and Yang , ruler and subject , father and son , and alternates day and night , birth and death , the rise and fall of dynasties , in regular cycles , diverging downwards to the minutest detail of texture and converging upwards to the unity in which everything is interrelated . |
| 24 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |
| 25 | There 's an article of the Constitution which lays down the fields with which Parliament may concern itself . |
| 26 | The government 's circular ( 8/87 ) which lays down the guidelines to be observed stresses the importance of a spirit of confidence between parents , governors and teachers in the approach to this question . |
| 27 | FORSTON IS a tiny hamlet on the River Cerne , which winds down the valley from Cerne Abbas to join the River Frome at Dorchester . |
| 28 | Companions have to be robust and sizeable , which narrows down the choice considerably . |
| 29 | As with the other grammatical devices we have been considering , the function of the article is to set contextual co-ordinates in a way which narrows down the range of inference . |