Example sentences of "in an [noun] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of all this , and in an attempt to lay down clear guidelines for Crown Court rulings in future cases the Attorney-General , under s.36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 , referred the decision to the Court of Appeal and ultimately to the House of Lords . |
| 2 | Finally , materials stockpiling was encouraged by the Japanese government in 1972–3 in an attempt to hold down the yen exchange rate . |
| 3 | After throwing the plates on the table , she would rush out into the garden in an attempt to cool down . |
| 4 | Police are now using DNA testing , or genetic fingerprinting in an attempt to track down the rapist . |
| 5 | POLICE are examining security videos in an attempt to track down arsonists who set fire to a football ground and laid booby traps just hours before Middlesbrough played there . |
| 6 | He tried to dig his heels into the bed of the trough in an attempt to slow down his headlong rush , but each time the soft bottom gave way and on he went . |
| 7 | The severe artificial banking was removed and in 1967 the lap was extended slightly and a chicane added near the start at Tiergarten in an attempt to slow down the circuit . |
| 8 | In Earls Court in 1966 , before the days of good acoustic panels , we draped silk parachutes from the roof in an attempt to cut down the echo ; nowadays technology helps ! |
| 9 | Both Watanjar and Patkin were leading Khalqis , a detail that was stressed by the government in an attempt to play down divisions within the party . |
| 10 | It was reported on Oct. 14 , 1989 , that the first attempt to bring together COMECON and EC officials in Moscow was effectively boycotted by the EC in an attempt to play down links between the two organizations in favour of developing bilateral relations . |
| 11 | Welcome back : One of the world 's leading classical violinists is backing a local record company in an attempt to bring down the price of compact discs . |
| 12 | Thirty police officers are now working full time at an incident room in Wootton Bassett , in an effort to track down her attacker . |
| 13 | The government and five leading banks agreed on March 18 to cut interest rates by an average of 3 percentage points in an effort to hold down the exchange rate for the sol which had strengthened against the US dollar from the beginning of 1992 . |
| 14 | On Jan. 15 , Czechoslovak officials claimed that the Soviet Finance MInister , Valentin Pavlov had sought to postpone the Prague meeting in an effort to slow down the pace of reform within COMECON . |
| 15 | In an effort to cut down on unnecessary distribution of papers , I do not propose to circulate this list to all members . |