Example sentences of "down on [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , and in the long term , plan building in cities to cut down on travel overall . |
| 2 | ROCKSTAR Elton John certainly made sure that the sun did n't go down on Earls Court recently , as over 16,000 fans flocked to the arena on both nights of his sell out charity concerts . |
| 3 | I travelled down on Sunday afternoon and arrived late Sunday night . |
| 4 | Tobacco kills vitamins and lowers the body 's resistance to disease , particularly to air-borne viruses — a side effect you should be aware of if you are cutting down on body-building food intake — and it also has a depressant effect on appetite . |
| 5 | With the Paisley MPs Irene Adams and Gordon McMaster , Mr McFall was lending his support to Operation Blade , an initiative by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 6 | Sandy Seymour was among drivers , managers and police officers helping to publicise the latest aspect of Operation Blade , the campaign by Strathclyde Police to clamp down on knife crime . |
| 7 | The brewers of these beers want to produce them as fast as possible and use chemical additives to speed up fermentation , cut down on yeast head to get more liquid into the fermenters and to produce a beer with a thick head of foam . |
| 8 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 9 | In 1855 Alexander had appointed his friend General V. I. Nazimov ( the reactionary who had clamped down on Moscow University in the last years of Nicholas I ) to the Governor-Generalship of the three provinces at issue . |
| 10 | An attempt was made to take advantage of the morphological structure of words to cut down on storage space and search time . |
| 11 | Benefits such as good facilities can make it worth travelling farther ; it 's amazing how a well-designed yard can cut down on working time . |
| 12 | Looks down on flower deck 'd fields and olive grove |
| 13 | He was responsible for drawing up the first comprehensive anti-drugs strategy , unveiled in September 1989 , which involved increased spending , heavier penalties for casual users and incentives to drug-producing countries to clamp down on narcotics production . |
| 14 | When it came to Glasgow fun Fergus stood alone , but Lord Roberts , that same whose statue and cuddy stand in splendid isolation looking down on Kelvin Park from Park Circus , told the graduation audience in Glasgow University in 1913 that , ‘ Britain stands alone still ’ . |
| 15 | The Osaka police department has considered one strategy to clamp down on otaku porn networks : hire otaku policemen . |
| 16 | She was last to the line but still going well and just 5.01 secs down on winner Borchert . |
| 17 | Informix Software Ltd is setting up an investigation unit in the UK , providing a free , confidential phone line for resellers and users and including a licence manager with its software , in a new initiative to clamp down on software piracy in its reseller channel . |
| 18 | Down on Eagle Creek a hundred or so lit craft bob decoratively like candles in a Japanese water bowl . |
| 19 | Put it down on ma bill . " |
| 20 | ‘ If Whitehall clamps down on capital expenditure there will be real problems for whole areas of capital spending not just Woodchurch pool . |
| 21 | A north Oxfordshire racehorse trainer has dismissed calls for tighter security at courses to crack down on race fixing . |
| 22 | We drive past the old barn where Ali keeps a boxing ring and training bags , pass several other buildings and look down on Love Creek , which flows slowly , muddily past Ali 's 88-acre farm . |
| 23 | Paraguay cracks down on animal trade |
| 24 | Turn the shells upside down on kitchen paper to drain any juice while preparing the dip . |
| 25 | The tyre warehouse burned down on bonfire night last year but hundreds of tyres were left buried under rubble on the site . |
| 26 | Big people who weigh a lot and eat a lot tend to shed weight very easily and speedily when they start cutting down on calorie intake . |
| 27 | By cutting down on routine paperwork we would hope to be able to increase the level of ‘ customer contact ’ , which would improve the service and provide staff with more job satisfaction . |
| 28 | But it was Signals that offered just what we need before settling down on Saturday night with soft cushions and iron rations : a clear summary , and the chance to fix on the central characters in this huge dramatic tapestry . |
| 29 | be fit to go it might be nice to go down on Saturday morning come back , Sunday Monday . |
| 30 | NRA Thames Region spokeswoman Sharon Bolton said : ‘ We had a call late on Sunday night and it was too dark to do anything so we went down on Monday morning and although there was evidence of oil there was not a sufficient amount for concern . |