Example sentences of "down [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries . |
| 2 | Much of this , however , could be achieved by closing down and/or modernizing the grossly-polluting industries of eastern Germany . |
| 3 | That any of our pubs can , at a stroke , be shut down or altered by uncaring owners , without any proper consultation with users or the community , is little short of a continuing national disgrace . |
| 4 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 5 | These use the cupped palm of the hand to slap an incoming punch either down or to one side . |
| 6 | The bold spirits stood and made a show until the muskets cut them down or sent them fleeing . |
| 7 | Then , with an almost audible stab in the chest , you see one piece upside down or inside out . |
| 8 | I became paralysed , unable to go down or up . |
| 9 | I sort of get up onto stop to have a sit down or nothing . |
| 10 | It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle . |
| 11 | Scrolling a file within a window generates a series of ‘ plunks ’ going down or up in pitch . |
| 12 | And the crunch comes next month when the company has to face the possibility of closing down or selling off the whole business — although this will be a last resort and an acquisition or joint venture may be more likely . |
| 13 | While the Abalkin plan had tight deadlines for closing down or leasing unprofitable state enterprises , ( industry by the beginning of 1991 , state and collective farms by 1992 ) , Mr Ryzhkov gave no cut-off date . |
| 14 | They are indeed considerable achievements , but what they show most clearly is how hard it will be to get the major Third World countries to agree on any protocol which could slow down or affect industrial growth . |
| 15 | Old ladies worried that hospitals would be either closed down or privatised . |
| 16 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 17 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 18 | He must either barge the door down or make one more supreme effort to leave the way he had come in . |
| 19 | You need to interpret your list of daily weights in order to see if , over a month or so , it is going up , down or staying the same . |
| 20 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 21 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 22 | Anxious , more likely , that she would become a nuisance again , would let Mr Landor down or cause trouble over Ferdinando being taken away . |
| 23 | Anyone who comes to that debate mithering about standing up instead of sitting down or worried about the fate of Aldershot Football Club should be excluded on the grounds that he has not yet understood the difference between the future and tomorrow . |
| 24 | Calm down or you 'll drive me insane . |
| 25 | From then on he sat cowering in the corner beside his case praying for the journey to end and did not dare move , look down or even breath . |
| 26 | Nothing was heard apart from the sound of lead boots walking up and down or the revving of a motorbike . |
| 27 | It was stated in Latin — although by whom and to whom no one is sure — and the original read Aut uret , aut ruet , aut alter raptor rapiet which translates as , ‘ either it will burn , or it will fall down or another thief will take possession of it . ’ |
| 28 | But do n't feel pressurized to cut down or give up if you are feeding more often . |
| 29 | But the square was now unrecognisable , every building had been tom down or pummelled by hundreds of shells and rockets . |
| 30 | When she tried to imagine herself working in an office or a bank , her mind soon went blank , like a cinema screen when the projector breaks down or the film snaps . |