Example sentences of "down the [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also the adjective so-called , which in a comparably explicit way calls into question the relation between an entity and the description or properties which might be supposed to belong to it : ( 42 ) it is the so-called liberals who have closed down the press The author of this sentence is not casting doubt on the existence of the people he is writing about , nor on the existence of such properties as may be characterized by the word liberals ( nor for that matter the existence of people who might be so described ) but only on the validity of the relationship between the description " liberals " and the people who are acting as censors in the situation portrayed by this particular sentence . |
| 2 | Further down the hierarchy the proportion of the population living in Other Dominant cities ( cities at the core of the twenty major urban regions excluding the top six — e.g. Nottingham , Edinburgh , Coventry , Brighton ) fell marginally , that of Subdominants ( medium-sized cities surrounding the Dominants ) ruse by one percentage point and that of Freestanding cities went up by nearly two percentage points . |
| 3 | The Second Period was the time during which was laid down the evidence the nature of which has been revealed by men such as Charles Darwin and others , who gave to the world an understanding of the way in which evolution has operated through thousands of millions of years . |
| 4 | Further down the alleyway the wood had shrunk in a fence leaving a knot-hole big enough to see through . |
| 5 | Further down the line the rot may have set in . |
| 6 | Further down the train the man in the long dark coat also climbed aboard . |
| 7 | I turned , like you do in a nightmare , and down the years the vision of terror I glimpsed still springs fresh in my mind . |
| 8 | And so on down the years the litany of excitement and drama has continued . |
| 9 | Further down the table the priest tapped the table gently , singing some hymn softly under his breath . |