Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to put the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.58 It is not enough for the defendant to argue that he denies liability or denies a conviction in his defence ; he must also show that his grounds for doing so are sufficiently strong to put the plaintiff at risk of either complete or substantial failure at trial or that , on the face of it , the plaintiff 's claim is not worth very much even on full liability . |
| 2 | It was n't our best position , but the supporters of O M O V would n't listen , would n't consider and you 've heard Tom 's record of those sad events , and of course then we were told that the Party leader says it would be administratively impossible to put the register in place this year in any event . |
| 3 | Parking is expensive and troublesome ; It is much better to put the money away for a taxi there and back , if you can . |
| 4 | Latest word from the grapevine is that IBM Corp 's 3390-9 disk drive may be put back to June 1 or June 8 ( CI No 2,165 ) , and there is a certain lack of confidence that the thing will be an easy sell given that it is significantly slower than the lower capacity drives , making it unsuitable for most leading edge mainframe applications ( CI No 2,165 ) : the conspiracy theorists conjecture that it is not a product that the sales force and the market actually want , one that could have been developed simply to respond to something a competitor was planning but in the end never launched , but that it has cost sufficient to develop that to write off the effort now would leave a nasty hole in AdStar Inc 's balance sheet — much better to put the thing out in the confidence that some users will bite , and write the work off over perhaps a five-year product life . |
| 5 | I was , therefore , necessarily concerned to put the matter before you in what I considered to be its right perspective . |
| 6 | I am pleased to report that in 1992 I was able to substantially achieve one of the objects of my Presidency , the refurbishment of the main exhibition galleries at Portland Place , making it more welcoming to members and the public and better able to put the case for architecture . |
| 7 | Mr Broadfoot said that local authorities were clearly prepared to put the resources into the new system so that it operated successfully . |
| 8 | The counter-arguments , which would uphold the principle of correspondence , are that breach of that principle is unnecessary when the amplitude of the crime of manslaughter lies beneath murder , and also that the definition of grievous bodily harm includes a number of injuries which are most unlikely to put the victim 's life at risk . |
| 9 | and it took me as long to put the dinners up and clean the shoes and I thought well he 's swimming , so I got his togs and put 'em in his bag and |
| 10 | I 'm quite happy to put the number of full time centres ' weekly sessions |
| 11 | However , if you are editing in camera , and if your camcorder has a fade-button , it is quite practical to put the fades in as you go if you are organised enough to be able to pick the points at which they should come . |
| 12 | It is very easy to put the apostles on a sort of Olympic rostrum , and think that God will hang a gold medal round Paul 's neck , while we get some kind of lesser award . |
| 13 | I hope you did not try too hard to put the Princess off . ’ |
| 14 | You know , it 's all very well to put the blame on everybody else , but you try and try and try . |
| 15 | These men do n't need to be very tough to put the fear of Sigmar into your foe — he wo n't know how hard they are until he faces them . |
| 16 | In Italy an ailing Alcide de Gasperi also faced formidable opposition , but fortunately was never obliged to put the EDC to the test , preferring instead to postpone the potential confrontation until after France made its decision . |