Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] down [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Davide could almost fancy he could smell again the stale vaporous emanations of the law in the room as he began to take down details of the wrong that had been done . |
| 2 | We have also attempted to set down priorities for the Council . |
| 3 | Truman struggled to keep down prices through the Office of Price Administration ( OPA ) — a wartime agency still in existence — but he had limited success . |
| 4 | Stalin sought to lay down criteria for the identification of a ‘ nation ’ ( the entity which possessed the right of national self-determination ) as a means , a moral theory , to separate authentic and spurious claims . |
| 5 | Co-location of staffs would help to break down barriers between the Services , and the development of tri-Service staffs at lower levels would also build up the necessary expertise . |
| 6 | The project aims not only to resettle youngsters who struggle to lay down roots in the capital , but to stop them heading South in the first place . |