Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] down [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has gradually been whittled down to nine attainment targets per child , to take 12 to 15 hours , and the tests are to be paper and pencil only . |
| 2 | She said the oil had been broken down into small particles and was being absorbed by organisms at the bottom of the food chain . |
| 3 | The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage . |
| 4 | As the record company had grown , it too had been broken down into smaller units : DinDisc had been a model for two more affiliated labels , 10 and Siren . |
| 5 | Channel 2 is essentially the same , but there 's no ‘ mid ’ control , no EQ preset button and the tone controls have been honed down to just bass and treble . |
| 6 | She explored the place where his manhood lay and he , in turn , used experienced fingers to set alight that part of her where carnal longings had been damped down until that moment . |
| 7 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 8 | Coun Richmond asked councillors to vote for more talks with the disabled who he felt had been let down by late changes to the scheme . |
| 9 | When he had broached the subject — tentatively — he had been turned down with surprising sharpness . |
| 10 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 11 | AN application for outline permission to erect a detached house at 90 London Road , Holybourne has been turned down by local planners . |
| 12 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 13 | Just to know that there are rapists around who could have been tracked down with this method is justification for a database . |
| 14 | Only three of Armenia 's fleet of seven helicopters remained , the rest having been shot down by Azerbaijani forces claiming that they were used for military purposes . |
| 15 | If so , then it was a case of sweet revenge for Whittingham , who had been shot down by this unit over England during 1940 ! |
| 16 | The story of the blacksmith 's involvement in the Battle of Drumclog can not be substantiated by any written record of the battle but it has been handed down through many generations of people in the Irvine Valley and spoken of with pride . |
| 17 | Flood-stories have been handed down in many languages from most parts of the world . |
| 18 | ( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! ) |
| 19 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 20 | At first the new mountains must have been worn down with great rapidity to produce the vast quantities of Neogene conglomerates . |
| 21 | By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side . |
| 22 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
| 23 | He let her go as if he too had been dragged down by past memories . |
| 24 | The lessons are recorded so that the trainee 's performance can be reviewed and measured against criteria which have been set down for that skill . |
| 25 | ‘ Hitherto , their duties have been laid down in professional guidance . |
| 26 | It 's only cheaper because it 's in a sale , it 's been reduced down from forty pounds , it was forty pounds before . |
| 27 | The Guam law had been struck down by lower courts and the Supreme Court had refused to review these rulings . |
| 28 | And yet , in her case , it did not appear to him that she had been struck down by any kind of ordinary post-natal depression , as Adams 's next words seemed to confirm . |
| 29 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |
| 30 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |