Example sentences of "[be] to put [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , perhaps if Mrs Crumwallis were to put some iodine on … ’ |
| 2 | One fundamental characteristic of professional people ( including those who are the most successful ) is to put technical excellence in their own field first , everything else coming a poor second . |
| 3 | When you 've finished sorting them into their piles , the next job is to put each pile into a separate bag , so that you would put all your bones into one bag , all your pottery into another . |
| 4 | The classic mistake to make when deploying Orcs is to put one Mob directly behind another . |
| 5 | What this is intended to do is to put structural change into it , to say to home owners , if you come to the area , particularly those built-up areas where there is such a shortage of homes , you can be sure that you will get higher rates and to answer another question , we are , a that would be applying to existing people as well as to er otherwise in the budget allowance for that . |
| 6 | The research to date in this ‘ exciting and contemporary field of enquiry ’ has been piecemeal or ‘ bitty ’ , and the purpose of the research is to put this area of enquiry on a sound experimental footing . |
| 7 | ‘ What we need is to put more focus on creating brand-consciousness — and by that I mean everything that makes up a brand , such as style , colour , fashionableness , image , price , quality . |
| 8 | Another resolve was to put maximum weight behind the concept of total quality , embracing every facet of the operation , involving in due course all C&P 's 37,000 employees , and aiming to improve standards of performance across the board . |
| 9 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 10 | The result was to put imported scotch at the top of the spirits price range , so that it was a valued gift , but was not bought to drink under normal circumstances . |