Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] down in the " in BNC.

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1 As fibre-rich waste products are broken down in the large bowel , a number of products are formed apart from the release of calories .
2 In order to achieve this , almost seven million egg cell precursors are laid down in the female fetus .
3 The form of those prayers was laid down in the teaching of the rabbis , and we can glimpse it in the story of the Pharisee and the Publican .
4 A kindergarten housing asylum-seeking refugees was burned down in the northern city of Greifswald .
5 These bands are laid down in the state budget , and a committee of ministerial under-secretaries vets nationalized industries ' collective agreements to make sure that they conform to pay limits .
6 British troops were bogged down in the Flanders quagmire .
7 Eggs are laid down in the autumn and a good digestible protein-rich diet , such as earthworms , should be fed at this time in order to encourage early spawning .
8 In fact , various conditions are laid down in the section itself ; in particular that the nature of the document must be made clear , and that it must contain a statement by the company 's auditors of their opinion on whether the statement is consistent with the accounts and reports and complies with the section and the regulations .
9 How detritus and fish excreta are broken down in the filter
10 All the normal operating procedures and the emergency operating procedures are written down in the flight manual of an aircraft , one copy of which is carried in the aircraft while another is always available ( to accident investigators , amongst others ) on the ground , and pilots are trained and required to operate their aircraft in conformity with these procedures .
11 CFCs are broken down in the upper atmosphere by UVB , and release chlorine atoms .
12 It was a bitterly cold winter with thick snow ; both sides were bogged down in the Apennines from December to April .
13 The five Annamese , grunting with pain continued stumbling and staggering around the circle in grotesque imitation of bounding hares while the next group of victims were thrown down in the dirt .
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