Example sentences of "down [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with this information , the genealogist should be able to track down the relevant baptism entry in a parish or nonconformist register in the years before civil registration began . |
| 2 | He walked out of the room and down the broad staircase . |
| 3 | The Captain 's men were already clattering down the broad stone staircase , ignoring the slow old li– . |
| 4 | In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation . |
| 5 | Note that some types of motorised valve can not be serviced and have to be replaced ( a job that will entail draining down the entire system ) , but on many newer models it is possible to replace the valve motor and free the valve spindle if it is jammed , without having to interfere with the plumbing . |
| 6 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 7 | If his vigilance fails , he faces the wrath of ordinary people : depositors whose savings are at risk and taxpayers whose money is used to stop one bank collapse from knocking down the entire banking system . |
| 8 | The process is repeated down the entire column of figures . |
| 9 | This assignment involved practising each shape chromatically up and down the entire fretboard so as to build confidence and technique in every position , starting on the highest note descending or starting on the lowest note ascending in each key . |
| 10 | On Aug. 17 Lewandowski had said that he would recommend shutting down the entire copper complex , which included the Lubin mines , if the strike continued . |
| 11 | On Aug. 17 Lewandowski had said that he would recommend shutting down the entire copper complex , which included the Lubin mines , if the strike continued . |
| 12 | She could n't see much of it because the thrust stage ran onward out of sight … but you did n't have to down the entire egg to know that it was rotten . |
| 13 | To catch the offending shrimp , it is often necessary to strip down the entire tank , rock by rock , until it is found . |
| 14 | And before we can create this new confident person , we frequently have to break down the poor self-image he or she has acquired over the years . |
| 15 | The rising sun , lancing down the Sambre valley , dazzled Sharpe . |
| 16 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 17 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 18 | Nursing staff at the famous Beeson Ward had hoped for a last minute reprieve , but the Health Authority stuck by its decision to close down the only ward in the country where nurses , not doctors , have the responsibility for admitting and discharging patients . |
| 19 | On Oct. 31-Nov. 1 some 20,000 troops and tanks advanced down the international highway through the Iraqi town of Zakho and took control of about 160 sq km of Iraqi territory on two main fronts , in the Haftanin region north-east of Zakho and another in the Hakurk valley near the border . |
| 20 | Labour spokesmen made generous use of statistics to castigate the government for refusing to spend more money on science , and for letting Britain slip down the international league table on R&D spending . |
| 21 | Your spine runs down the centre of the body , so the corresponding foot reflex will be found running down the inside edge of both feet . |
| 22 | LENNOX LEWIS last night threw down the ultimate gambit to world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe saying : ‘ If fighting me is so personal , let's do it and send all the money to Africa . ’ |
| 23 | With the RAF closing down the adjacent airfield and it going on the market next year , YAM ‘ hope to expand and seek to continue to expand ’ , remarked Ian . |
| 24 | So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit . |
| 25 | Every few minutes a truck thunders down the strategic Salang Highway on its way from Hiratan on the Soviet border to Kabul . |
| 26 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 27 | I ran my hand gently down the bumpy back . |
| 28 | Zambia was answering the robot 's questions about hir gender state when Tammuz sauntered lankily down the colonnaded walkway , hands in pockets . |
| 29 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 30 | The first is that of narrowing down the causal relation so as not to include , as being in the same self , mental states that belong to different selves . |