Example sentences of "turn down [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the garden around the museum , designed by Renzo Piano , stands Barnett Newman 's ‘ Broken Obelisk ’ of 1968 , which the city fathers of Houston had turned down as a gift : it was dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King , murdered that year . |
| 2 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 3 | An amendment that the palace be run jointly with the Graduate Union was turned down on the grounds that ‘ the Graduates are too old and it 's bad for their health . ’ |
| 4 | Invitations were turned down on the grounds that ‘ we would only have to ask them back ’ . |
| 5 | She was turned down on the grounds of lack of experience with sick children . |
| 6 | An action begun in Glasgow for possession of the books , papers and effects was turned down on the grounds that the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not registered in Scotland and that the complaint had therefore been raised " without title or authority " , though these effects were , claimed Shinwell , later handed over " for the sake of peace and quiet " . |
| 7 | St Osyth 's College of Education at Clacton-on-Sea proposed a BEd in 1969 and by December of the following year it had been turned down on the grounds that the College did not have an ‘ appropriate academic structure ’ , more thought about the objectives of the course ( it was for teachers of Home Economics ) was needed , the staff needed strengthening , the library expanding and laboratory facilities improving . |
| 8 | Requests to establish a clearway to prevent cars parking in the stop zone have been turned down on the grounds the restriction would be difficult to impose . |
| 9 | The music was turned down at the request of a fat man who was actually trying to sleep through all the noise . |
| 10 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 11 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 12 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |
| 13 | He was turned down for an insurance policy on the grounds that he was too old . |
| 14 | He stopped then , and picked her up , shouldering his way into the bedroom with the large double bed already turned down for the night . |
| 15 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 16 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
| 17 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 18 | Here the toe of the club should point straight up into the air , the clubshaft should be on the plane established at address and the back of the left wrist should be facing outwards , not turned down towards the ground or facing the sky . |
| 19 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 20 | A SECOND appeal against East Hampshire District Council 's refusal to allow permission for a house on land at Old School House , Crabtree Lane , Headley has been turned down by a government inspector . |
| 21 | In 1705 – 06 , a striking case , the very important Vienna embassy was vacant for months , repeatedly turned down by a series of those to whom it was offered . |
| 22 | A further defence submission on Aug. 8 , requesting a rehearing of the case and a another stay of execution , was turned down by the Court of Appeal , which rejected arguments that the 14 defendants had the right to take their cases to the United Kingdom Privy Council . |
| 23 | A similar move for this year was turned down by the Home Office . |
| 24 | A similar move for this year was turned down by the Home Office . |
| 25 | However , the Working Party report was turned down by the Council on the grounds that its proposals did ‘ not sufficiently reflect its value as an independent and impartial body for setting academic standards . ’ |
| 26 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 27 | President Chissano had offered an immediate armistice , but this had been turned down by the rebel leader . |
| 28 | Manchester Polytechnic 's part-time BEd , for example , was turned down by the Committee in January 1973 with a recommendation that it should be resubmitted . |
| 29 | They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned . |
| 30 | Proposals for bilateral agreements , put forward by both these countries , have been turned down by the UK Department of the Environment on the grounds that Britain , along with other European Community countries , is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in waste disposal . |