Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] down in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Office accommodation , with the possible exception of the Foreign Secretary 's residence , would be almost the same as that laid down in the competition . |
| 2 | It was also over 50 per cent more than that laid down in codes for the relief of famine as a basic subsistence diet ( Kynch 1989 ) . |
| 3 | I am unaware of any allegations of malpractice at the prison I visited , but it has often been claimed elsewhere that frauds are common among both staff and prisoners responsible for storing , weighing and distributing food , and that the actual consumption per prisoner can be up to 20 per cent below that laid down in the regulations . |
| 4 | It was enacted that the vill should not be required to pay the cost of service beyond the county boundary , that the equipment required of troops should not go beyond that laid down in the Statute of Winchester , and that service overseas should not be required as an obligation of tenure . |
| 5 | In effect , the principle is the same as that laid down in G. v. G. ( Minors : Custody Appeal ) [ 1985 ] 1 W.L.R. 647 . |
| 6 | EastEnders ( BBC 1 , 7.30pm ) NIGEL faces yet another let down in his life . |
| 7 | First , the re-study noted a marked slowing down in the rate of change , partly because there was little left to change , particularly in the arable areas . |
| 8 | However , even this breaks down in some cases — for instance , in the form of hypercholesterolaemia due to a low density lipoprotein receptor defect , the pathology is quantitative , and introducing a normal gene may improve the prognosis , even in adults in whom the disease is dominant . |
| 9 | However , if we also add the timings of such movements from two more manuscripts of Lalande motets , F-Pn , H387 , a reduced score of the Miserere a grand choeur ( illus.4 ) , and F-Pn , Rés. 1363 , a reduced score of Dominus regnavit , both being copies apparently dating from the 1740s and probably prepared for the Concert Spirituel , we begin to notice the familiar syndrome of some slowing down in some tempos , compared with those of the earlier H400D . |
| 10 | This burnt down in 1791 but had a dramatic effect on milling in London and clearly had an influence on the Gloucester Docks scheme . |
| 11 | The demonstrators were prepared to lie down in front of trucks carrying concrete for the foundations of the mast , at Cairn Papple , near Bathgate , in West Lothian . |
| 12 | They have n't half gone down in price |
| 13 | This clamps down in three ways . |
| 14 | ‘ There will obviously be some slimming down in certain areas , which is regrettable but necessary . ’ |
| 15 | However , formal discussions begun in May 1991 broke down in June when the NSF refused to concede the main opposition demand for Roman to be replaced by a " neutral " Prime Minister . |
| 16 | A MURDER trial was adjourned last night after one of the accused broke down in the witness box as she said her fellow defendant had suggested using shovels to bury a woman alive . |
| 17 | ‘ Too much sitting down in my job . |
| 18 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 19 | These have proved difficult if not impossible to pin down in any precise terms and demand for them appears to be similarly volatile … . |
| 20 | These powers are to take immediate possession of all the debtor 's property but only to sell anything of a perishable nature or goods which are likely to go down in value if not sold ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 21 | If all this excitement drains you and you feel the need for a caffeine boost try the marble interior of Bewley 's coffee house on Grafton St. For something more wholesome , try Colony 's just down the road , where you can find vegetarian food , which is notoriously hard to track down in Dublin . |
| 22 | The inevitable slowing down in drilling which will stem from the withdrawal of the concession is bound to hit jobs at Scottish supply bases sooner rather than later . |
| 23 | However , by the autumn of 1992 , both the government and other experts were predicting that the continuing recession would lead to a still more rapid slow down in the growth of government revenue . |
| 24 | She held out her arms and tried desperately to grab at Jones 's reins , but three quarters of a ton of racehorse hit her head-on at nearly forty miles an hour and the three went down in a heap . |
| 25 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 26 | He felt that such a clause would be unreasonable , since the ship was likely to break down in circumstances where return to the yard would be impracticable . |
| 27 | This suggests they will be hard to break down in Italy . |
| 28 | Because it is the most complex of all food elements , protein is the hardest to break down in the body , requiring a great deal of energy . |
| 29 | ‘ And we all converge down in the meadow where the skirmishing will take place . |
| 30 | Also give yourself a good rub down in the shower or bath with their Body Sea Scrub Bar , £3.95 . |