Example sentences of "[adj] to put [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proposals have been made to replace the outmoded apprenticeship system by a proper training course , but they have foundered because no one is willing to put up the funds . |
| 2 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 3 | He threw himself almost sideways through the gap , rolling across the ground as much to put out the fire that was burning him as to lessen the momentum of the fall . |
| 4 | They look set to put up the shutters to defy Owen Coyle , Alan Lawrence and Jimmy Boyle so it threatens to be pretty dour stuff . |
| 5 | And it 's too late to put together the story I really wanted to do this week . |
| 6 | But for those who are unable or unwilling to put aside the time to meditate regularly , or who are more conscious of bodily stress , such techniques as acupuncture , postural integration and taking dietary supplements may also prove effective antidotes to the ravages of time . |
| 7 | Theoretically , therefore , the family is in the exceptional position of being able to put even the most historic items on the market . |
| 8 | Then , hopefully , we will be able to put together the results to jus-tify that big spending . |
| 9 | It was a relief to be able to put down the suitcase . |
| 10 | Governments which have acted in the name of free enterprise would be most unlikely to put up the necessary funds themselves . |
| 11 | The German naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ( 1834–1919 ) is generally regarded as the first to put forward the idea that these changes in the embryo retrace our evolutionary history . |
| 12 | Practical experience with stained glass must have led George Palmer to consider the nature of colour , and he was the first to put forward the modern theory of colour vision and colour blindness . |
| 13 | to keep to keep the the members of Council from their collective tea at this time of the evening , but my group feels it is necessary to put forward the people of the acute financial situation of this Council , a situation which is deteriorating rapidly , and began to deteriorate in May last year , May 1990 . |
| 14 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |