Example sentences of "down in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 2 | But it has kept its head down in recent years because of a huge $4 billion corporate debt and a slide in sales . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 5 | The first thing to do is get up as quickly as possible , so practise falling down in all directions and jumping up again as fast as you can — until the whole movement becomes automatic . |
| 6 | Certainly in the class-room those from two feet to two feet only go straight up and down in all changements , soubresauts and entrechats with both legs fully extended at the height of the jump . |
| 7 | Cohesion through antonymy ( " oppositeness ' ) is also created in the text through the juxtaposition of the verb phrases 'stand up " and 'sitting down in adjacent sentences ( h ) and ( b ) . |
| 8 | Over 100 homes of Aristide supporters were burnt down in rural areas . |
| 9 | It would not be sensible for anyone other than staff with specific responsibilities in this area to get weighed down in mechanical details such as costing the specific details of any aspect of the school 's plans . |
| 10 | Any use of nuclear weapons which resulted in significant fall-out coming down in neutral countries , or which in other ways violated neutral territory , would clearly fall foul of this provision . |
| 11 | CalMac 's managing director , Colin Paterson , points out that his is possibly the only nationalised industry whose grant has gone down in real terms . |
| 12 | That constancy of composition relationship breaks down in enclosed seas and bays for example where er addition processes , I E er salts which have been eroded from river water , may alter the composition . |
| 13 | Above us , a massive chandelier in sugar-doll pink cascades down in frilly waves . |
| 14 | Our regiment had a very fine cellar , laid down in Victorian days , and it had to be abandoned . |
| 15 | Greig won the toss but England then batted poorly , scraping their way to 197 in the first day , although only 80.4 overs were sent down in six hours , Close 's 60 being the best effort . |
| 16 | Peter Defty , of Stoneham , scored a remarkable win for Hampshire after being five down in six holes . |
| 17 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 18 | They will be ready for November , before the government grant settlement arrives , and work will begin in the finance officer 's department paring them down in bilateral discussions . |
| 19 | A similar paper on radio- telescopes is now bogged down in legal proceedings , initiated by members of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils . |
| 20 | Secondly , the paper on radio astronomy is not ‘ now bogged down in legal proceedings ’ . |
| 21 | In contact with other women the separatist becomes more and more impatient with women who to them seem stubbornly bogged down in male values . |
| 22 | Some soared up and down in gentle arcs : some shot horizontally : some rocketed high into the sky , then turned about and suddenly plummeted . |
| 23 | Well when it went three nothing I thought here we go , I 've got all my friends and family , you know , come and watch , you tell them what a good side they are , and last few games they looked a good side — three nothing down in fifteen minutes . |
| 24 | During the implementation stages , it is all too easy for teachers , including the head , struggling to maintain the ‘ helicopter view ’ necessary for good leadership , to become bogged down in mid-term crises and the drudgery of routine paperwork . |
| 25 | My parents were the type of parents who always seemed faintly disappointed by whatever it was you did , as if you were constantly letting them down in small ways . |
| 26 | The relief will be available instead of the 25% writing-down allowance available for the year in which the expenditure is incurred , with the balance being written down in future years at 25% . |
| 27 | South 's well-timed play had produced an overtrick on a hand on which a number of declarers actually went down in four spades , and , not surprisingly , the Israeli pair collected a complete ‘ top ’ . |
| 28 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 29 | PRESIDENT Fidel Castro has said he would like to step down in five years if Cuba 's faltering economy improves . |
| 30 | She poured herself an uncustomary drink , and grimacing , swallowed it down in two gulps . |