Example sentences of "down on [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Where possible , information was coded to cut down on computer storage and processing costs . |
| 7 | An attempt was made to take advantage of the morphological structure of words to cut down on storage space and search time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Looks down on flower deck 'd fields and olive grove |
| 10 | The Osaka police department has considered one strategy to clamp down on otaku porn networks : hire otaku policemen . |
| 11 | She was last to the line but still going well and just 5.01 secs down on winner Borchert . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Down on Eagle Creek a hundred or so lit craft bob decoratively like candles in a Japanese water bowl . |
| 14 | Put it down on ma bill . " |
| 15 | ‘ If Whitehall clamps down on capital expenditure there will be real problems for whole areas of capital spending not just Woodchurch pool . |
| 16 | A north Oxfordshire racehorse trainer has dismissed calls for tighter security at courses to crack down on race fixing . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Paraguay cracks down on animal trade |
| 19 | Turn the shells upside down on kitchen paper to drain any juice while preparing the dip . |
| 20 | The tyre warehouse burned down on bonfire night last year but hundreds of tyres were left buried under rubble on the site . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The reluctance of the judge at first instance to adopt a policy approach at a time when the obvious intention of the Act , not to mention the thrust of securities regulation in general , was to clamp down on market abuse , can only be described as an anomalous , not to mention unwelcome , development . |
| 24 | In order to cut down on salt intake , first remove salt containers from the table . |
| 25 | Underlay forms a necessary cushion between carpet and floor which helps to even the wear , absorb sound and cut down on heat loss . |
| 26 | For less than £10 you can buy an approved 80mm ( 3inch ) tank jacket to cut down on heat loss . |
| 27 | Down on ground level again , I could n't see gaunt-face anywhere . |
| 28 | Then I twisted the film and note together into a paper towel and went out to try to find Bill Baudelaire , reckoning it might be all right to speak to him casually down on ground level since Filmer was n't there to see . |
| 29 | We can cut down on paper production and waste by , wherever possible , using re-cycled paper instead . |
| 30 | Too many puddings and mince pies had wreaked havoc with Santa 's waistline , and all those narrow chimneys to wriggle down on Christmas Eve meant he needed an instant solution . |