Example sentences of "[verb] down [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The higher interest rates and credit squeeze control used by the Conservatives did , however , slow down growth in the economy overall . |
| 2 | Lord Justice Parker differentiated between liability of the car driver to her passenger , who must have been within her reasonable contemplation as being likely to be affected by her omission to remove her broken down car from the carriageway and any drivers who may have been proceeding in the opposite direction on the other carriageway . |
| 3 | The sand eroded accumulates down wind from the dune , where , being fresh , it is recolonised by marram and stability is thus regained . |
| 4 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 5 | A succession of senior ministers played down speculation about the leadership by denying the existence of divisions in the Cabinet over Europe and calling on MPs not to divide the party with talk of a leadership contest . |
| 6 | The plan drew wide support from schools , universities and industry , but was turned down flat by the Department of Education , apparently on instructions from Downing Street . |
| 7 | The Test of Acceptability was carried out by Lord Pearce and a number of other people , including Lord Harlech , and it was turned down flat by the Africans . |
| 8 | Lindsey reckons that he is the most shot down pilot in the world , after all , until the appearance on the UK airshow circuit of Spanish-built Messerschmitt ‘ 109s ’ ( Ha 1112MIL Buchons ) in 1988 , Lindsey had the only German ‘ fighter ’ available . |
| 9 | Though he 's handed down management of the firm to his daughter Margaret , Cyril still spends each morning making sandwiches at the back of the shop … then it 's off to the bakery in nearby Wanborough in the afternoon . |
| 10 | Effective though it proved , the device of holding down output in the hope of driving up prices brought with it problems not to be found in any economics textbook : the global output ceiling , if set realistically in relation to demand , can easily prove too small to be divided amicably . |
| 11 | And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector . |
| 12 | Balor was bellowing for help ; he was calling down vengeance on the Trees and promising that Inchbad and the Robemaker and the Master CuRoi would certainly punish the Trees for this . |
| 13 | It is safe to push backwards , moving down wind with the nose into wind , provided that the airbrakes are open and weight is applied down on the nose . |
| 14 | The physical act of training breaks down part of the muscle exercised , and it is during the next 24–72 hours that the muscles recover and begin to grow . |
| 15 | Ariel had laid down Sycorax at the cabin entrance , under the dappled broad shade of a mango tree . |
| 16 | He went down country with the Army , and there 's a big difference between there and up here — it 's not a place where economy is considered in the same way , so maybe he learned some bad habits , such as a tendency to alcoholic drink . |
| 17 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 18 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 19 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 20 | After the race , the track was redesigned to slow down traffic at the corners . |
| 21 | A scheme to slow down traffic in the area has already been agreed by the County Council , but Chairman of the District Council , Ken Hall , says ‘ this is n't the end to all the problems ’ . |
| 22 | This meant that the District Officers ' opposition to the proposals of wildlife conservationists who wanted Masai land was just as uncompromising as their opposition to settlers ; and , then as now , the appearance of indifference to the interests of picturesque and harmless animals brought down odium on the heads of those presumed guilty of it . |
| 23 | Urgent repair work is being carried out at Pickering 's 19th century memorial hall after heavy rain brought down part of the ceiling . |
| 24 | TAGH did not compete with binding of labelled EGF , or start down regulation of the EGF receptor on the isolated cells ( Table V ) . |
| 25 | In a further row , deputies from St Petersburg walked out of the chamber when Congress voted down ratification of the name change of Russia 's second city , formerly Leningrad . |
| 26 | In HIV-infected patients the treatment could shut down production of the virus and prevent the onset of Aids and it could prevent infection in healthy patients . |
| 27 | Specific work on it in secondary schools is often essential in order to break down resistance to the subject . |
| 28 | To break down tension in the shoulders and arms , buttocks and thighs , make loose fists and , keeping your elbows and wrists relaxed , drum quickly over the flesh . |
| 29 | If the question be ( as , in the actual state of the law , I think it is ) , whether consideration is , or is not , given in a case of this kind , by the debtor who pays down part of the debt presently due from him , for a promise by the creditor to relinquish , after certain further payments on account , the residue of the debt , I can not say that I think consideration is given , in the sense which I have always understood that word as used in our law . |
| 30 | The bristles work by laying down flat in the direction of travel , so reducing friction between your skis and the surface and allowing the skis to slide . |