Example sentences of "by [v-ing] down [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PECKINPAH 'S LAST masterpiece , with James Coburn gloomily remembering , as he is shot to death , how he betrayed his values by tracking down free spirit Kris Kristofferson . |
| 2 | Astrac Trio , Norton 's other Florida purchase last August , obliged at Southwell recently and Celestial Key impressed Kevin Darley by wearing down favourite Blow Dry inside the final furlong . |
| 3 | Much of geography over the last 40 years has been concerned with analysing these subsystems by breaking down each subsystem into ever smaller component parts and studying these parts , and their interrelationships , at an increasing level of detail . |
| 4 | When exchange rates were fixed and capital movements were restricted , a current-account deficit was financed mainly by running down limited foreign-exchange reserves . |
| 5 | Fertility is not restored merely by putting down chemical plant nutrients or fertilizers , neither is one component more vital than any other . |
| 6 | These can be drafted by outlining the area with tape or transfer lines , and then painting in the central area with matt black enamel paint ; or , fill in the middle by laying down wide transfer lines , slightly overlapping each other and cut to shape with a scalpel . |