Example sentences of "down after [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having looked at the growing success of the Editing for Industry awards and noted the fact that Alan Peaford was due to step down after a three-year stint in the chair , I decided to ask him to continue in the post for my year of office . |
| 2 | At first , the British intended to carry on regardless with that year 's dump , but were forced to back down after a concerted blacking of the cargo by trade unions . |
| 3 | So her former connection with Rustenburg , and the presence there of his brother , may have been among the considerations that prompted Herbert Cranko to choose that town when he found it necessary to settle down after a roving life . |
| 4 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 5 | Schofield and former All Black Craig Innes combined to put Dixon over and shortly afterwards Kiwi Test centre Kevin Iro touched down after a superb break by Schofield . |
| 6 | A man left paralysed from the waist down after a parachuting acce accident two years ago , attempts the World 's first solo paraplegic sky dive . |
| 7 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 8 | Last month the local PRI rammed through a law postponing the state election for 18 months , only to back down after a national outcry . |
| 9 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 10 | However , most mares settle down after a few weeks . |
| 11 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |
| 12 | ‘ At one stage we thought Freddie was going to get John thrown out but they both calmed down after a few minutes , ’ added the source . |
| 13 | The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop . |
| 14 | The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Two days later the sea had settled down after the prolonged gale and we headed north once more through the rock strewn channels and islands . |
| 17 | He had needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day , and once again he felt the company warmth and support that had sustained him through the day . |
| 18 | The whole affair , however , failed to gain the status of a diplomatic issue and started to calm down after the New Year holiday , leaving bad feeling between different groups of students . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 20 | So potent is the tradition of Czech cafe society , that most cafes were shut down after the Communist takeover in 1948 . |
| 21 | The monuments in Moscow to the revolutionary leaders which were taken down after the attempted coup last August have not been placed in the Museum of Totalitarian Art , as was stated . |
| 22 | Inevitably , the pace of legislative change slowed down after the hectic activity of the first Hundred Days . |
| 23 | If this happens , it is usually better to leave things for that year , and to take them right down after the next flowering . |
| 24 | The EC troika arrived in Zagreb on Aug. 2 but talks in Belgrade broke down after the third round on Aug. 4 which Milosevic boycotted . |
| 25 | This was The Who touching down after the conceptual splurge of ‘ Tommy ’ , knocking out faves like ‘ Magic Bus ’ and re-reading touchstone '50s songs in a deranged but affectionate way . |
| 26 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 27 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 28 | Britons were at last letting their hair down after the grey years following the Second World War . |