Sentence examples for grant down from inspiring English sources

Lewis seemed impassive in the face of Grant's attack and answered with chopping right-hand uppercuts, knocking Grant down twice in the first round.

With Grant on the ground — upon seeing Grant down, Williams popped back to his feet — the referees were forced to call a time out.

Ruby tracks Grant down and accuses him of ruining everyone's lives.

Together, the snobs and scholars did what Lee couldn't, and took Grant down.

Though you could get a "no" at an initial ambitious ask, it could open the door to future communications with the trust and ultimately a larger grant down the line.

With government, foundation and individual grants down by as much as 50percentt — not to mention withering endowments or investments lost to Bernard L. Madoff — agencies are trimming and delaying programs and cutting staff, in essence contributing to the very problems they exist to fix.

Yet according to the research from the National Housing Federation, responses from 98 local authorities showed that on average 29 per cent of disabled residents had their requests for a DHP grant turned down.

Saturday afternoon, David Simon, best known as the man behind the HBO series, "The Wire," and who was just awarded a MacArthur "genius grant," sat down with Margaret Talbot to talk, among other things, about his unusual transition from journalism to television.

By Monica Racic October 2, 2010 Saturday afternoon, David Simon, best known as the man behind the HBO series, "The Wire," and who was just awarded a MacArthur "genius grant," sat down with Margaret Talbot to talk, among other things, about his unusual transition from journalism to television.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates that purchasing power of the councils that depend more on grants is down by nearly 40%, around double the decline in the least grant-dependent boroughs.

Mr. Mineta called the grants a "down payment" on a commitment of $4.55 billion for transportation projects in the city.