Example sentences of "down [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leak took place in a " hot cell " , used for treating highly radioactive waste , during a switch to an emergency power system while the main power was shut down during construction work . |
| 2 | It was in the bag by half-time , when Bob Phillips touched down for try number 3. 22-9 the final score and the final verdict of coach Keith Richardson . |
| 3 | the cherry and whites pack bulldozed their way to the line and sure enough after lots of huff and puff pushed over and touched down for try number three … |
| 4 | Publishers and film-makers are already beating his door down for blockbuster number two . |
| 5 | If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ? |
| 6 | Route finding is easy , though four tunnels which originally formed part of the railway line have been closed down for safety reasons . |
| 7 | The Armenian Energy Ministry is intending to restart the ageing reactor at Medzamor , which was shut down for safety reasons after the earthquake in 1988 . |
| 8 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 9 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 10 | Unfortunately , few activities can be shut down for set periods , most being operational all the year round . |
| 11 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 12 | I find that people tend to not put themselves down for training courses . |
| 13 | Sometimes it is hard to love a rebellious and rude teenager , to endure the appalling racket of pop music , to cope with disobedience and flagrant disregard of rules laid down for family life . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Labour 's defeat led Neil Kinnock on April 13 to announce that he would resign as party leader as soon as practicable ; Roy Hattersley would also stand down as deputy leader . |
| 16 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
| 17 | Er , literacy is it 's one of the general skills , I 'm sure it 's down as literacy numeracy 's the other one |
| 18 | In a controversial decision on Feb. 23 , Elisabeth Kopp , who had stepped down as Justice Minister in January 1989 [ see p. 36473 ] , was acquitted by the criminal law division of Federal Supreme Court ( Bundesstrafgericht ) on charges of violating professional secrecy . |
| 19 | Because the more people who go vegetarian , the more the agricultural industry — and it is an industry these days , as mechanical as any other — will be forced to re-assess its methods of operation and adjust its swollen meat production policy down as demand dwindles . |
| 20 | or write you down as time scale , you 'd presumably talking about planning up to six weeks perhaps before she trots around . |
| 21 | Mr Krenz , sitting dejected among the delegates in the penultimate row of the sports hall where the congress was held , stepped down as party leader a week ago . |
| 22 | Mr Krenz , sitting dejected among the delegates in the penultimate row of the sports hall where the congress was held , stepped down as party leader a week ago . |
| 23 | President Arístides Maria Pereira announced at an extraordinary congress of the PAICV on July 26 , 1990 , that he was stepping down as party leader as a first step towards the ending of one-party rule , declaring that the President had to be above party politics . |
| 24 | throw it down as ground bait |
| 25 | Gradually vanishing , as governments grow more sensitive and put it down as summer diarrhoea . |
| 26 | Pass the two free ends over the ring , down through loop A and pull tight ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 27 | Though the journey from Godolphin 's house in Primrose Hill to the Tabula Rasa 's Tower was short , and Dowd got him up to Highgate on the dot of six , Oscar suggested they drive down through Crouch End then up through Muswell Hill and back to the Tower , so that they 'd arrive ten minutes late . |
| 28 | From the adventure emerged action plans to enable individual sites to develop the new culture , with techniques learned on Operation Challenge being cascaded down through employee ranks . |
| 29 | Production up and losses down after QA project |
| 30 | Knowing how these processes are organized will help us develop better computer systems for object naming , in addition to helping us understand how object naming develops in children , and how it can break down after brain damage . |