1.   The police used their batons indiscriminately, bringing down anyone in their path.

2.   He raised central bank lending rates sharply, so far bringing them down only gradually.

3.   Purchasing people are quantifying those costs and, like Garrambone at Nynex, bringing them down by insisting that suppliers agree to produce specific results for specific fees.

4.   His bands provoked riots in the streets and attacked the government buildings, eventually bringing the government down.