Example sentences of "down [prep] a [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , it is contrary to Community law for a member state to lay down as a requirement for registration that the owners , operators , shareholders and directors , as the case may be must reside and be domiciled in that member state and , in the case of a company , that it must have its principal place of business there . |
| 2 | of the directors and shareholders of a company owning or operating the vessel must be nationals of the state , even if the competent national authority has the legal power to dispense with that requirement in the case of certain persons ; ( b ) it is contrary to Community law for a member state to lay down as a requirement for registration that the owners , operators , shareholders and directors , as the case may be , must reside and be domiciled in that member state and , in the case of a company , that it must have its principal place of business there ; and ( c ) it is not contrary to Community law for a member state to make the grant of its flag subject to the requirement that the vessel must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within that member state . |
| 3 | I put this down as a reason for brother Carl 's behaviour and shortcomings ; his tantrums , his many displays of neurosis , his lack of tolerance with others , and his need for understanding — which we , his brothers and sisters , failed to give . |
| 4 | The Special Advisory Board for the Army Medical Service had laid down as a basis for treatment ‘ a more or less continuous course of mercury by mouth for 1½ to 2 years ’ combined with mercurial ointment rubbed into the skin for 20 to 30 minutes daily over a six-week period . |
| 5 | Cator engaged to pay them £10,000 down against a bond for treble that amount , £30,000 , which the holder of the bond would be paid when ‘ a certain event ’ took place — the death of the king and the succession of any one of the three royal borrowers . |
| 6 | It was good to be sitting down with a family for dinner even though I did n't understand everything the Frenchman and his wife were talking about . |