Example sentences of "which [verb] down [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blue water which tumbled down formal cascades fell through several levels but the lowest level fed into the highest . |
| 2 | On the one hand there was the central government and its economic ( and taxation ( plans which laid down broad policy and investment strategy ; on the other hand was the ‘ club ’ of often just two traditional suppliers of equipment . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies . |
| 4 | In order to provide an indication of the possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , LAUTRO ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 5 | In order to provide an indication of the possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , Lautro ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 6 | In order to provide an indication of possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , Lautro ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 7 | General ‘ enabling ’ laws are passed by Parliament on the prompting of the executive , which lay down certain principles but , even if they are detailed , leave ample room for bargaining when the drafting of regulations for the implementation of the law occurs . |
| 8 | In a typical example , the land will be bought by a development company ; a geological survey done by surveyors ; plans drawn up by architects ; the plans submitted to the local authority for approval and to check that they comply with the Building Regulations , which lay down minimum standards for public health and safety ; a builder engaged to construct the houses , who may sub-contract certain aspects of the work to specialist firms . |
| 9 | Scowling with concentration he began to load the six chambers of his Colt Patent Repeating Pistol with the lead which dragged down one pocket of his scarecrow 's morning coat . |