Sentence examples for down the draft from inspiring English sources

Few countries now rely on mandatory military service and those that do are mostly winding down the draft.

They have been working out, attending pro days for scouts, meeting with teams and climbing up and down the draft rankings like children on a jungle gym.

Revelations of the prominent role taken by Australia in trying to water down the draft resolution comes in a week that its government has faced calls from a privacy group to support Brazil and Germany.

According to Proskauer, F.D.R., who would soon succeed Smith as governor, turned down the draft, saying, "You can't give poetry to a political convention," and came up with a draft speech of his own -- without the happy warrior.

Later that day, the secretary-general of the commission, Catherine Day, sent a letter to the environment department's director Karl Falkenberg, telling him to stand down the draft criteria.

Poland has been accused of delaying and watering down the draft text of one crucial strand of the talks, which currently does not include a timetable or work programme.

In the last few days, the senators from Texas joined some of their other anti-immigrant colleagues to slow down the drafting of an immigration reform law.

Siki may have come to America to work as an architect, but it wasn't long before the avid reader of magazines like the Face and i-D (which is now owned by VICE) put down the drafting tools and started designing clothes.

The Bengals, a team with a well-known desire to keep costs down, are not opposed to moving down in the draft, the team's director of pro personnel, Jim Lippincott, said.

Perspective Smart NFL teams trade down at the draft.

Smart NFL teams trade down at the draft.