Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the board accelerates down the face of the wave your speed increases and the apparent wind changes . |
| 2 | Yet he stressed the importance of middle-class religion and family life to the monarchy 's health : ‘ A family on the throne brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life . ’ |
| 3 | The publisher who suffers an adverse judgment is not the only victim : the decision echoes down the corridors of the common law , until shouted down by the European Court or the British Parliament . |
| 4 | With very good will the adviser writes down the address of the local family counselling services . |
| 5 | While the deal goes down the rest of them wait next door . |
| 6 | As the glider slows down the braking should be reduced to avoid lifting the tail . |
| 7 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 8 | But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive . |
| 9 | We keep our trainees hard at it and even when the sun goes down the programme continues . |
| 10 | The law lays down the general principle , and the doctor who acts skilfully , reasonably , and in good faith is protected . |
| 11 | Schedule 2 to the Act lays down the constitution and procedure of the appeal committee . |
| 12 | Not only does the Junior School influence the children at their most receptive , and indeed their most vulnerable age , but , within the time spent in the Junior School , the child lays down the basis of all future learning . |
| 13 | The leader slithers down the flake , places a runner and does the crux , leaving the hapless second the harrowing job of reversing the flake with the rope running downhill and the prospect of a major fall into space should he muff the moves . |
| 14 | They may go down the field below the cave to a gate on the Kingsdale road which , followed to the left , goes over a rise to Deepdale and Dent , and to the right leads down the valley to the more probable destination of Ingleton which has accommodation , shops , refreshments and bus services . |
| 15 | If the straw becomes blocked , the water flows down the outside , building up the calcite and forming tapering stalactites . |
| 16 | so so you , you 've got a seal because otherwise all that happens is that er er you put the cement onto the , every time the , the water gets down the back of the cement , down the wall |
| 17 | As the parse progresses down the input the incorrect hypotheses should fail ; thereby reducing the search space to be explored . |
| 18 | A similar debate 's expected at Swinford.Even if the repair work 's not done and the bridge falls down the charges will still apply however . |
| 19 | The second goal of fault-finding is also critical since it is where the fault-finder narrows down the area of search to , hopefully , one computer-controlled subsystem . |
| 20 | But if er John came last week and to all of us we were of a like mind that yes , he fitted the calling here everything else I , I see then that the manse would be the issue but basically now we 're talking in many ways other issues are affecting the call here than the manse so therefore the manse goes down the , the pecking order . |
| 21 | The chain for ringing the bell runs down the house , through the first floor landing , where it can be pulled if desired , to the hall below . |
| 22 | These Chelsea-supporting , three-minute Johnnies have been taking the piss out of ordinary folk for too long , indulging their libidos at our nation 's expense , laughing while communities crumble , hospitals are shut and the economy goes down the pan . ’ |
| 23 | Those blacks were hitting the deck as soon as it moved , and in the reverberating seconds when we all look to see who 's been hit , the suede nips down the alley and into the car . |
| 24 | The roots become smaller the further the ferret progresses down the hole away from the tree itself . |
| 25 | The candidate looks down the offered answers arid circles A or B or C or whichever answer he thinks appropriate . |
| 26 | After questioning 600 non-information technology directors and 1,200 information technology ones , Graham Browne of market research group International Data Corp , concluded that , unless the Government goes down the facilities management path — which he believes is questionable — the UK market is unlikely to experience the 30% per annum growth rate generally forecast . |
| 27 | While both these colour books provide hours of pleasant browsing material , I do wish that the habit of printing a picture across two pages would cease , for inevitably part of the subject disappears down the crease ! |
| 28 | You mentioned that there 's a great degree of toughness since 1979 on Treasury targets and public expenditure , and the word goes down the line and there 's no argument . |
| 29 | ‘ One of these stations is located about every 70 kms to boost pressure as the oil goes down the pipeline , en route to the export terminals on the Black Sea and the Baltic — a distance of at least 2,000 kilometres from Western Siberia . ’ |
| 30 | The program works down the hierarchical spaces , rotating them to achieve a zero rotational error in each sub-space between the actual end of the mechanism and the reference point . |