Example sentences of "down [prep] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Hall , the new Cardiff captain , takes the Bridgend cover on the outside to touch down during the 15–5 quarter-final win during the recent Worthington Welsh Sevens at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 2 | The team will play to the rules laid down for the 1992 World Cup . |
| 3 | Its from the water to the racetrack for our action round-up this week … the Oxfordshire based jaguar racing team have been at Silverstone shaking down for the 24 hour race at Le Mans which fires into action next weekend … |
| 4 | At the church , note the direction of route which proceeds down between the two lakes and then keeps half left towards a barn and which is to left of and below distant tower of Preston Capes church . |
| 5 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 6 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 7 | ‘ Take him down below the three flights of hurdles , ’ Tremayne said , ‘ then bring him up over them at a useful pace . |
| 8 | Clark and Howey signed three-year contracts last month and Keegan said : ‘ We sat down with the two lads and their fathers and worked out a deal that was right for them . |
| 9 | Er and that showed er in fact when we reported to members in July of this year , we were seeking from them er an indication as to the priority of the phasing because prior to that and in fact it 's reflected in the structure plan , we simply have a a scheme for A fifty nine , A sixty one relief roads , they 're not broken down into the two schemes . |
| 10 | Lycian rock tombs glare down onto the two yachts in Tomb Bay |
| 11 | One view saw Suharto 's motive in encouraging greater activism on the part of Golkar as an attempt to acquire a reforming image to help counteract pressure on him to stand down before the 1993 election . |
| 12 | In an effort to reduce it , the government increased interest rates , which restricted growth to an estimated 6.5 per cent in 1990 , almost a full percentage point down from the 1989 figure . |
| 13 | The collapse in confidence was prompted by proposals by the US Senate to limit credit card borrowing [ see also p. 38566 ] , a move which would have damaged the revival of retail markets ; markets calmed , however , following Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady " s dismissal of the idea , and the index ended the month 6 per cent down from the 3,075 level recorded at the end of October . |
| 14 | In addition , he confirmed that the previously scheduled municipal and regional elections would go ahead on Nov. 8 , that elections for a new Congress would be held on Feb. 23 , 1993 , and that he would not remain in office beyond his term of 1995 , as set down in the 1979 Constitution . |
| 15 | I closed the door and sat down in the one chair this side of his desk . |
| 16 | The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 17 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 18 | There is not the space here for a detailed examination of the regime laid down in the 1981 Act and the Education ( Special Educational Needs ) Regulations 1983 , as amended . |
| 19 | The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament . |
| 20 | The procedure is laid down in the 1971 Planning Act — Section 26 — and is a prerequisite for a valid application . |
| 21 | It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that . |
| 22 | As long ago as 1970 , the Coldstream-Summerson Report reflected the growing concern about vocational courses and suggested they be recognized so that they became design ‘ technician ’ courses along the lines of the definition laid down in the 1969 Haslegrave Report . |
| 23 | Japan continued to favour the guidelines laid down in the 1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources ( Cramra ) . |
| 24 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 25 | Although actual passenger numbers on international scheduled services rose 4 per cent during the month , this was well down on the 11 pc increase for January . |
| 26 | Away from the madding crowds the Sarsfields clubman is to be found down on the 100 acre family farm in Ballyuan presiding over the sheep and cattle . |
| 27 | Kiyonga said that gross domestic product ( GDP ) had grown by 6.8 per cent in 1989/90 , slightly down on the 1988/89 growth rate of 7.2 per cent . |
| 28 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 29 | In 1983 oil demand in the Netherlands fell to 291 million tonnes , nearly 30% down on the 1979 level and representing 43% of total energy demand . |
| 30 | The pregnant housewife was found stabbed and battered after going missing when her car broke down on the M-50 motorway . |