Example sentences of "down as [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ I think the Border clubs would have to sit down as a composite group and work out a new sevens structure . ’
2	I 'll never even dare to be successful , because when I 'm dead some clod with a thesis to write will put me down as a wild-eyed harridan who jumped on her lover in the street and pulled all his hair out because he 'd gone off with a person with webbed feet .
3	You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’
4	NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world .
5	they , you ca n't have it , I 'll put you down as a moderate drinker .
6	So do they go down as a new intake .
7	But things are going to move on apace , and we need to , a set of principles the officers can work to , and I 've put these down as a broad list , erm , for your consideration .
8	Marks me down as a prime strategic thinker , and no mistake . ’
9	Thus , a simple linear record of his life and rule is impossible and can not be pinned down as a simplistic historical account .
10	This will go down as a crucial staging post in the sport 's history in this country . ’
11	Like John , Alan Wardle was knocked down as a small child .
12	Check out Ian Marshalls rating … he s down as a central defender .
13	Pig 64 , on the other hand , are as difficult to pin down as a greased pig on rollerskates .
14	These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at !
15	Yet many would have had Allen marked down as a real contender .
16	Whereas we are encouraged to remember the pre-war years as the home of traditional discipline and common sense , we can hardly fail to notice the sympathy which reaches out to Hatton 's bad boys or to Butterworth 's hyperactive little terror — a sympathy , what is more , that nowadays would often be slapped down as a sentimental , modern , postwar ‘ permissive ’ fad .
17	( Y ) If a really important item appears in A.O.B. the Chairman should cut discussion short and ask for the problem to be put down as a main item for the next meeting .
18	Here , as with the vernacular , the Council for the sake of strengthening the ‘ active participation ’ which it correctly laid down as a vital principle of liturgy , overthrew a deformation which had become customary in the Middle Ages and against which the Reformation had vigorously protested .
19	until then the French and Italian and other delegations had us down as a quiet reserved nation
20	A star with a mass more than about twice that of the sun can not settle down as a white dwarf or neutron star .
21	Is erm , set down as a related document form there or ?
22	Simon was made aware that he might find himself obliged to stand down as a Parliamentary candidate if he failed to make an honest woman out of the Press Lord 's daughter .
23	Each cell wall is first laid down as a thick ridge .
24	James settled down as a wealthy young laird and later married a daughter of the Swedish Ambassador .
25	Some of them have concluded that existence constitutes that universal and elusive divine presence which can never be pinned down as a particular constituent of reality .
26	Put her down as a poss .
27	By now it must have been obvious to her host that she had put him down as a direct descendant of Casanova , Don Juan or Jack the Ripper — or possibly a combination of all three .
28	Write it down as an odd .
29	‘ We believe we have done just that , and this team will go down as an outstanding one in any era .
30	It was certainly correct to put Jim Prior , Peter Walker and Ian Gilmour firmly in the ‘ wet ’ camp and Keith Joseph would go down as an undoubted ‘ dry ’ , but for most of the rest of us our opinion depended upon the issue .

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