Example sentences of "which [vb base] down [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ecologists warn that the gorillas are in danger both from government shelling attacks on suspected rebel positions , and from the latter 's introduction of cattle into the forest , which break down the bush . |
| 2 | A range of disorders in the foetus may be caused by the absence of the correct enzymes which break down the food which the foetus absorbs in the womb . |
| 3 | The principal Acts of Parliament which set down the audit requirements of central government are the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the National Audit Act 1983 . |
| 4 | Interestingly , there is a single ‘ command ’ neurone which can cause an increased supply of blood to the body , by stimulating the two accelerating neurones , and inhibiting the neurones which slow down the heart , and also those that constrict the blood-vessels . |
| 5 | But it is not only recession fears which drive down the pound . |
| 6 | In this remarkable painting of great simplicity , a deep opaque orange forms the four discs , and then the same translucent colour is brushed in circling movements around two grey stones , which weigh down the composition . |
| 7 | The Canning Shirt Company at the Albert Dock puts transfers and lettering on T-shirts and produces its own designs , including Liverpool logos , which go down a bomb with the tourists . |
| 8 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 9 | This is just one version out of the score of recipes for this venerable dish which is not a grill at all and which you will scarcely find nowadays simmering away in the galleys of the great petrol barges which whirl down the Rhone to Marseille . |