Example sentences of "down [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNIONIST MPs rounded on Ulster Secretary Peter Brooke yesterday after he turned down calls for selective internment in the wake of the IRA bomb outrage at Musgrave Park Hospital . |
| 2 | It laid down guidelines for religious instruction . |
| 3 | Of most interest to us , however , are those initiatives particularly concerned with defining and refining educational objectives and with laying down guidelines for curricular policy . |
| 4 | This District Discount will keep down bills for elderly people and many low-income inner-city residents living on large estates . |
| 5 | ‘ I would turn down ads for foreign foods if I was offered them , ’ added the Scottish-born actor , who owns a Jaguar and a Rolls Royce . |
| 6 | The team , as usual lacking expertise in the particular field , agreed , and laid down criteria for positive discrimination to fight back . |