Example sentences of "be [verb] down for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might it would be helpful actually if this could be written down for us . |
| 2 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |
| 3 | Bear in mind , however , that most of the work I was doing was word processing , which allows the hard disk to be powered down for most of the time . |
| 4 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 5 | Panorama will enable users to keep windows open and processes going off-screen that would otherwise have to be closed down for lack of space . |
| 6 | Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether . |
| 7 | Thomas Hardy 's Ale , brewed by Eldridge Pope , has an OG of 1126 degrees and each small bottle has to be laid down for several years before it is ready to drink . |
| 8 | Thomas Hardy 's Ale , brewed by Eldridge Pope , has an OG of 1126° and each nip bottle has to be laid down for several years before it is ready to drink . |
| 9 | This is especially applicable for those that are not yet ready to drink and therefore need to be laid down for a year or more . |
| 10 | Instructions for the ploughman " deossum seminari debeat " ( when land is to be laid down for grass ) , to treat in the furrow with his left foot . |
| 11 | The mechanics of valuing the entitlement of the outgoing partner should be specific ( see below ) and once ascertained a timetable should be laid down for its payment , as to which the alternatives ( depending on the circumstances and needs of the firm in question and its partners ) are immediate payment or payment by instalments over a period with or without interest on the unpaid balance . |
| 12 | No one pretends that the calculation of the multiplier is a scientific operation and no hard-and-fast rule can be laid down for calculating it . |
| 13 | There are many derelict and run-down houses and empty spaces where houses have had to be pulled down for safety . |
| 14 | Horses often display these signs when asked to perform a difficult movement , and will be marked down for resistance in a dressage test . |
| 15 | How then can the term ‘ mass medium ’ be pinned down for the period 1945 — 90 ? |
| 16 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |
| 17 | The court record will show the date by which the case is due to be set down for trial . |
| 18 | Although there is no rule requiring them to do so , many district judges scrutinize the defences in small claims matters to see : ( 1 ) if they are viable and if not to make appropriate directions including a striking-out order and a requirement for a " full and proper " defence to be filed ; ( 2 ) if the matter can immediately be set down for arbitration with appropriate directions ; ( 3 ) if a PTR is necessary or can be dispensed with . |
| 19 | The master ordered the limitation issue to be set down for trial within 28 days , but it was not set down until ten months later . |
| 20 | Consequently , he plundered the sanctuaries of Delphi , Epidaurus and Olympia , and gold and silver were collected throughout the Peloponnese to be melted down for coin to pay his armies . |
| 21 | The numbers may need to be scaled down for many readers from sending 100 to sending twenty , but a growing group of churches from all denominations and streams want to do this . |
| 22 | In addition , questions may be put down for written answer . |
| 23 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 24 | It does not assume any proof demonstrating its validity , and therefore it can not be knocked down for not offering it . |
| 25 | The name of each roundabout will be placed above advance direction signs only when these have to be taken down for maintenance work , so cutting down on costs . |
| 26 | Where we were dru , the spi , the Espinear used to be drummed down for about five , six , seven years . |
| 27 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , few activities can be shut down for set periods , most being operational all the year round . |
| 29 | The mine district could be shut down for three months . |
| 30 | Reports of a rise in radiation levels within the plant have led environmentalists to suggest that there may be cracks in the reactor 's primary container system and that the plant should be shut down for good . |