Example sentences of "go down in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 2 | Once again , tolerance decreased and hostility increased quite markedly with age ; and ( with the exception of " the rather anomalous group who call themselves upper working class " ) the same was true going down in social class scales . |
| 3 | He will not however go down in financial history as a great achiever , and it has to be said ( as recorded later in these pages ) that even under his leadership labour relations were far from perfect . |
| 4 | Griffiths went down in Welsh history as the first person to be sent off for kicking one of his own players . |
| 5 | ‘ If ships go down in shallow water , ’ adds Michael Cohen , ‘ cargoes are damaged by the tides . |
| 6 | CalMac 's managing director , Colin Paterson , points out that his is possibly the only nationalised industry whose grant has gone down in real terms . |
| 7 | Hugh Jones ' racing exploits have gone down in tropical history . |
| 8 | I mean , ranking of the countries descending as business in the way it changes , and Japan comes first , Germany 's gone down in recent years because of that trouble , but America has consistently been the major investor in this country . |
| 9 | Abraham has gone down in Christian tradition as one of the great men of faith . |