Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somerset 's governmental changes included the legalization of the English language as the official medium , the introduction of English currency , the setting up of a council of advice , and attempts to ameliorate the treatment of slaves in accordance with new policies laid down in London . |
| 2 | Your mum drives down to Ipswich . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) defines the time limit for the giving of reasons laid down by subs . |
| 4 | Sometimes it is hard to love a rebellious and rude teenager , to endure the appalling racket of pop music , to cope with disobedience and flagrant disregard of rules laid down for family life . |
| 5 | If this decision were to be upheld , the appellants stand to lose their liberty and , in my judgment , it would not be right that such a result should occur when the evidence is excluded only on the basis of the rather stricter rules laid down in Ladd v. Marshall . |
| 6 | In redrawing boundaries the commissions are guided by rules laid down by act of Parliament . |
| 7 | These are rules laid down by law which allow a claim to be brought only if legal proceedings are commenced before the expiry of a deadline . |
| 8 | The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859 . |
| 9 | The first specimen to be formally described according to the rules laid down by Linnaeus ( and later codified by Strickland and others from 1842 on ) is the type , and these are carefully kept in great museums , which exchange duplicates after due comparison . |
| 10 | Typical of the uneasy compromises that resulted was the Ten Articles of Faith laid down by convocation in 1536 . |
| 11 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 12 | In other words , they would still be dependent on a means-tested housing benefit in order to ensure that their income was paid at the minimum level laid down by Parliament . |
| 13 | Although the prime responsibility for rural housing provision has rested with the rural district councils ( district councils since 1974 ) , they must work within a strategic planning framework laid down by county council planning authorities . |
| 14 | And as I say we did the mass picket down in Inspector was coming straight up t an the Sergeant to y you know what 's like to leading er people and he said , Now what 's the what you going to do what 's what you want this morning ? |
| 15 | To obtain this private statute it is necessary for the local authority to promote a Bill in Parliament laid down by Parliament . |
| 16 | The judges will hear arguments next month and make their rulings , with luck , before Germany shuts down for August . |
| 17 | — But Sheila moved down to London with Bob and she got a job no bother . |
| 18 | Fellow Cooperite Sir Brian Jenkins stands down as Mayor on 12 November . |
| 19 | So we spend a season trying to adjust — a tough job in particular for the senior players who have spent up to 20 years operating a certain way — and then find it may all change again weeks before the British Lions fly down to New Zealand . |
| 20 | Sandy McGlashan had arrived late , his hair plastered down with sweat ; he was spluttering over the tale , to whoever would listen , of how he had ‘ come up flemyng and Menzies of Bolfracks , in the street at Aberfeldy , they had their heads together and were plotting something wicked , no doubt about it , if only he could have heard what they were saying ’ . |
| 21 | In Latin America other schools of thought have arisen , such as those of Masi and Orthega , but it is yet to be demonstrated that they are any more effective than the guidelines laid down by Hahnemann in the sixth edition of his Organon of Rational Healing . |
| 22 | The key objective is a 15 per cent return on equity , and all business within the group is conducted at arm 's length on guidelines laid down by CB at the centre . |
| 23 | Is he aware that that figure is now 0.4 per cent. , which is way below the guidelines laid down in legislation ? |
| 24 | Although such examination might improve the drafting of the rule books — and that would be ( procedurally ) beneficial — it could have the unfortunate and fundamental consequence of inducing tribunals to determine what is or is not a fair dismissal by reference to what has been agreed between the parties instead of by the yardstick laid down by Parliament . |
| 25 | From the terrace , a broad flight of central steps led down to lawns and formal flowerbeds . |
| 26 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 27 | As they trace their lazy parabolas back down to earth , these bits twist around slowly , over and over , until they hit the ground with a flop or a flump , splodging out to form round , flattish masses . |
| 28 | They 're done because the old-fashioned way of doing a , putting something together is a paste-up job , you 've got all these stories filed about all sorts of things , and then some editorial chap or chapess sits down with sort of paste and scissors and cuts the things off , and they tend to cut things off the bottom to make it all fit until it feels about right . |
| 29 | Of course you ca n't put the tails hanging down on bar ten can you . |
| 30 | An associated space-camera relays the data back down to Earth . |