Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] to play down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | British officials sought to play down the significance of yesterday 's move . |
| 2 | State Department officials sought to play down the significance of the visit and insisted that the USA recognized only one state in Cyprus . |
| 3 | Egon Zehnder consultants tend to play down the headhunter image , now freely accepted by most of the Big Four's directors , and see themselves , like their European colleagues , as management consultants . |
| 4 | But egalitarian feminists tend to play down the value of biological explanations . |
| 5 | Within days of the accident local officials and government ministers sought to play down the extent of the damage . |
| 6 | While letters from serving soldiers tended to play down the awfulness of the trenches their wives , writing back , did not show the same restraint . |