Example sentences of "[noun sg] put at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the problem had to be resolved and my mind put at rest . |
| 2 | Besides denying Dr Darsee government research funds for 10 years , the panel also recommended that Dr Darsee be excluded from serving on any NIH advisory committee for the same period and called for the heart institute to collect from the hospital the estimated cost of the aborted research put at $122 371 . |
| 3 | Toll put at 10 . |
| 4 | ‘ I simply do n't want the ball put at risk in areas where we are immediately vulnerable to counter-attacks and we must always be giving the opposition something to think about . |
| 5 | Ferranti International , the troubled electronics group , had another rousing session with Seaq volume put at 38 million shares . |
| 6 | This change puts at greater risk those working-class boys and girls who fail to acquire any such paper qualifications . |
| 7 | Thousands of parachutes were destroyed in the fire which caused damage put at twenty million pounds . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , there are dangers that too much haste puts at risk that necessary bond of mutual trust and co-operation between the policymaker and those who are called upon to implement policy . |
| 9 | Griffin is right to the extent that we do entertain fantasies of inhabiting other ‘ skins ’ ( David Garnett 's Lady into Fox ( 1932 ) is a good example of the literary genre , although Kafka 's Metamorphosis ( 1961 ) is pre-eminent in casting the shadows of paradox involved in the attempt ) but the failure to achieve this does not in any way put at risk our understanding of what others say of their own or others ' consciousness . |
| 10 | Conglomerate Hanson , strongly dependent on recovery in the US market , is unlikely to impress with year-end figures down 17% to £1.09bn. , with the dividend rise for the year put at 1% to 11.1p . |
| 11 | The broker reckons RTZ is an excellent late-cycle recovery stock , pointing to its control of a significant portion of the world 's metal production , together with strong technical and financial management , not to mention a break up value put at £2.6 billion more than its current £5.8 billion capitalisation . |
| 12 | On Monday 21 July 1690 a huge fleet put at 111 sail appeared off Portland in Dorset , but de Tourville instead sailed on , appearing next day in Torbay , opposite the fishing hamlet where Torquay now stands . |