Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a universe , in which the expansion was accelerated by a cosmological constant rather than slowed down by the gravitational attraction of matter , there would be enough time for light to travel from one region to another in the early universe . |
| 2 | He was claiming that next year his chairmanship would last a day longer than set down in the rules . |
| 3 | The exposition is more easily understood if broken down into a number of stages . |
| 4 | The publisher who suffers an adverse judgment is not the only victim : the decision echoes down the corridors of the common law , until shouted down by the European Court or the British Parliament . |
| 5 | Bracing one hand on the stair-rail , he began to squeeze shot after shot down into the stairwell . |
| 6 | In the same year , the Hoppers ' Bel Air mansion was all but burnt down in a fire and virtually the whole of Dennis 's collection of poems and paintings were destroyed . |
| 7 | Whether struck down by the Lord 's retribution or by his failure in Italy or by the neglect of his sponsor the Emperor , the ninth Pope Leo , Bruno de Nordgau , died in April in the city of Rome , far from his beloved Toul and the Vosges of his family . |
| 8 | A possible framework for comprehensive assessment is offered through the concepts of quality of life and risk : two related , multidimensional concepts which can be translated into statements of purpose and scope as well as broken down into the factors which constitute quality of life and risk . |
| 9 | Even the Metallica frontman 's copious saliva emissions seem precision-directed and as rehearsed down to the n th degree as much of this marathon three-hour performance as obviously is . |
| 10 | In addition , he confirmed that the previously scheduled municipal and regional elections would go ahead on Nov. 8 , that elections for a new Congress would be held on Feb. 23 , 1993 , and that he would not remain in office beyond his term of 1995 , as set down in the 1979 Constitution . |
| 11 | It contained relics , and when melted down in the twelfth century yielded 500 marks of silver and thirty of gold . |
| 12 | In fact , this decision was less revolutionary than it appeared : Bush has brought the deadline forward from 2000 , as laid down under the Montreal Protocol , to 1995 , but the EC had already decided to adopt a 1997 deadline and the US had been lagging behind world opinion . |
| 13 | In the case of breed classes , every entrant is judged not against the other dogs in that class , but rather against the prescribed ‘ ideal ’ for the breed concerned , as laid down by the governing canine authority . |
| 14 | He was confident that search consultants stuck to their rules of good conduct and professional service without the need for the kind of official regulation in force in the USA , as laid down by the Association of Executive Search Consultants , ( formerly the Association of Executive Recruitment Consultants ) . |
| 15 | The Poor Law was the most comprehensive official source for the relief of poverty , administered in England and Wales as laid down by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and a succession of later amendments , in Scotland and Ireland according to different statutes and rather different principles . |
| 16 | Sequential notes follow the pattern as laid down by the lecturer or speaker , or record the pattern of thought of the author whose book you are making notes from . |
| 17 | He asked him whether the bus specification , as laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee , would be a requirement in the disposal programme and whether the bus companies that tender will need to give the Minister an answer . |
| 18 | Other Terms and Conditions of this post are as laid down by the National Joint Council as adopted by Lothian Regional Council . |
| 19 | After a period of prolonged popular opposition Avril was forced to resign as President in March 1990 and was replaced by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a Supreme Court justice , as laid down by the 1987 Constitution . |
| 20 | Westminster City Council 's was appointed to set up training sessions with Chinatown restaurant owners as they prepared to meet requirements as laid down by the Food Safety Act . |
| 21 | It is then the legal duty in any situation must I think the questions for the court , clearly there 's not practice so accepted standards of conduct as laid down by the professional institute . |
| 22 | They passed the Littlegate of St Paul 's where a lay brother was feeding a group of lepers with mouldy bread and rancid pork slices , as laid down by the city fathers who judged such food actually helped them . |
| 23 | The accounts also have to be prepared in line with the accepted practice within the accounting profession , as laid down in a series of Statements of Standard Accounting Practice ( SSAPs ) issued by the Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 24 | Apart from these cases , the entire property , other than that in which the deceased 's interest ceased at his death , is held by the executors or administrators on trust for sale , in the first instance for the payment of his debts , and then for distribution as laid down in the Intestates ’ Estates Act 1952 , which has replaced the relevant provisions of the Act of 1925 . |
| 25 | To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations . |
| 26 | If any person had the authority to be in the vicinity he would be wearing a high visibility vest , as laid down in the Railway Regulations , it would be madness not to do so . |
| 27 | But the chance survival of a record of a miracle on Easter Day not long before Lanfranc 's arrival shows that the monks were still giving a dramatic representation of the three women at the tomb searching for the risen Lord as laid down in the Regularis Concordia . |
| 28 | Since the CSA 1985 makes no direct provision for civil remedies we must first look to the common law and then to the recent advent of statute law in the area , as laid down in the Financial Services Act 1986 ( FSA ) by virtue of s.61 and s.62 . |
| 29 | There remains , however , the much more substantial argument that the GLC had exceeded its statutory powers as laid down in the Transport ( London ) Act 1969 . |
| 30 | He showed him how to make out his expenses chits , filling in ‘ Office duties , 5s. 6d. ’ for each day of the week , as laid down in the house agreement between union and management . |