Example sentences of "putting [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rule 2 : Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods and the seller is bound to do something to the goods , for the purpose of putting them into a deliverable state , the property does not pass until the thing is done , and the buyer has notice that it has been done . ’ |
| 2 | But , as he admits , ‘ Putting them in a proper order is a matter that will never be settled to everyone 's satisfaction . ’ |
| 3 | you know I , I think , I think usually what I say about questionnaires is towards the business of , you know , kind of writing them in people 's own words that , that sort of fit in with ordinary language okay putting them in a sensible order advising people to do scale type things with five or seven points or something which you 've got a lot of already so a lot of the comments that I normally make on people 's questionnaires er you can take as read as it were erm so I think erm you know just really one or two minor things about layout like , you know , you know sort of space and , and moving things around a wee bit , it might make them easier to read but again as I say that 's a you know relatively minor erm problem . |
| 4 | R's like they are putting you in a helpless position and expecting you to be able to operate from there . |
| 5 | To take but one other example from an experimental approach common in the late 1960s and early 1970s , suppose one trains a mouse by putting it onto a small shelf in the wall of a cage with a grid flour which can be electrified . |
| 6 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 7 | He reorganized the life of the brotherhood , putting it on a sound basis of regular devotion , clear instruction , and caring ministry . |
| 8 | In terms of total votes , the NRC won 54.2 per cent of the vote in the gubernatorial elections , putting it in a strong position for the presidential elections due in 1992 . |
| 9 | ‘ She may be getting plenty of food , but she 's putting it in a poor skin , ’ retorted Sarah . |