Example sentences of "down [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | P.C. Foster took down the relevant particulars and then escorted Woolridge to the cells . |
| 3 | Five minutes later he had slithered down the sandy cliffs , a mug of tea slopping in each hand . |
| 4 | The general view of the exhibition shows , on the walls , the artist 's head ( passport photo portraits ) , from which tears flow down the Salomonic columns to feed a pool in which float 12 figures with emblems , and on which float five gold spheres . |
| 5 | He walked out of the room and down the broad staircase . |
| 6 | The Captain 's men were already clattering down the broad stone staircase , ignoring the slow old li– . |
| 7 | Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The process is repeated down the entire column of figures . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | To catch the offending shrimp , it is often necessary to strip down the entire tank , rock by rock , until it is found . |
| 19 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The rising sun , lancing down the Sambre valley , dazzled Sharpe . |
| 22 | Once this was a series of separate houses , with walls isolating level from level , with lackeys running up and down the poky backstairs , and tweeny-maids freezing in the little attic bedrooms . |
| 23 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 24 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 25 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |