Example sentences of "[being] [verb] down by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive expressed his distrust and fear of being let down by a very detached attitude in all his relationships . |
| 2 | Being let down by the program that£s supposed to save your bacon is a disturbing experience — an expensive way to be reminded that you should never again rely on just one back-up . |
| 3 | IRAQ threatened yesterday to send fighters to patrol its border with Iran , but British and American officials said that would violate the terms of the Gulf war ceasefire and put the aircraft at risk of being shot down by the allies . |
| 4 | The Basel Convention on the transfer of toxic waste , whose primary purpose was to prevent uncontrolled dumping of toxic waste in third world countries , came into force in early May , against a background of warnings that it lacks sufficient political support , and is in danger of being watered down by a series of exemptions . |
| 5 | Given the robust level of reserves that the board has enjoyed , and given that about £6.5 million of the reserves is being drawn down by the board to ensure a continuous and constant level of training , I should have thought that the board was exhibiting a responsible approach . |
| 6 | After being talked down by a flying instructor last week , Mr Alan Anderson was said to be under sedation . |
| 7 | Are not those successful British companies sick and tired of being talked down by the doom-monger Labour party ? |
| 8 | In appropriately ‘ watery ’ metaphors , Mr Wallace spoke of the Government 's economic strategy in Scotland ‘ sinking beneath the waves , ’ and Mr Mullin expressed concern that ‘ Scotland is being dragged down by the sinking ship of the UK ’ . |
| 9 | Scotland is being dragged down by the sinking ship of the UK . ’ |
| 10 | Both these films are somewhat stagey , but contemporary comment could be combined with visual fantasy , as is revealed by Cecil Hepworth 's The Perils of Modern Motoring ( 1905 ) , in which a policeman is left in a dismembered state after being mowed down by a car . |
| 11 | There was a load of hay being stacked in the barn behind the office and where the BMWs had been on Saturday , a Range Rover and an old Daimler were parked , their windows in the process of being sponged down by a boy who looked vaguely familiar . |
| 12 | Ira Dilworth was being worn down by the picayune squabbling of party politicians who were attempting , and with some success , to make a French/Canadian political football of the CBC . |
| 13 | The 1992 world champion had been in a subdued mood all weekend and it was clear he was being worn down by the continuing rumours over his future . |
| 14 | But even he was being worn down by the uneventful march of days . |
| 15 | The association between reading skill and the use of the GPC route was confirmed by a negative correlation between the time taken to pronounce a list of words and the size of the pseudo-homophone impairment : the more skilled children gave a greater indication of being slowed down by the appearance of nonwords which sounded like words . |
| 16 | McClellan feels that the advantages to the librarian of this arrangement are that he is able to exercise constantly all his professional skills and avoid being bogged down by a heavy burden of administrative routine . |
| 17 | The company now has 260 employees , up from 170 at its birth and has won Borland International Inc chief Phillipe Kahn over — ‘ Technically , it 's brilliant and Taligent is running much faster than I expected ; instead of being bogged down by the bureaucracies of its two large parents , Taligent seems to have taken the best of each company , ’ Kahn commented to the Journal , which notes that Wordperfect Corp and and Novell Inc are doing applications . |
| 18 | For another thing the most profitable processes today simply do not need large amounts of labour and is it seriously expected by the government that as long as we avoid being tied down by the social chapter , we shall become such a reservoir of cheap labour , that we shall become cheaper and more exploitable than the labour force in the Third World ? |
| 19 | A brisk antipodean , she moved with speed and efficiency , despite being weighed down by the most magnificent chest Amiss could remember ever seeing in real life . |
| 20 | Their excellent record as landlords and non-involvement in local politics saved Riverstown from being burnt down by the IRA in 1922 . |
| 21 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 22 | THOUSANDS of children are being struck down by a dysentery-type bug sweeping through nursery schools . |
| 23 | LIVERPOOL whizz-kid Rob Jones could miss the early weeks of the new season after being struck down by a mystery virus . |
| 24 | There were no accidents unless you count ‘ Survival ’ wildlife cameraman Dieter Plage being run down by an enraged tusker who passed right over him as he lay on the ground . |
| 25 | Moscow 's last remaining forest , in the Losinskii Ostrov National Park , is being cut down by the city 's hungry , who are using the land for illegal potato growing . |
| 26 | It 'll 'ave to be good , so do n't come up with something like us all bein' knocked down by a herd of stampedin' giraffes . ’ |
| 27 | A woman died yesterday after being knocked down by a shoplifter fleeing with a £2.58 descaler . |
| 28 | A TOP sportswoman was awarded £230,981 damages in the High Court yesterday after being knocked down by a motorcycle . |
| 29 | He died in Florence 26 December 1924 , after being knocked down by a motor vehicle in London . |
| 30 | He died in Oxford 17 February 1921 after being knocked down by a cyclist . |