Example sentences of "of putting [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Tiller waited until her younger sister was capable of putting over a song and dance , and then sent them off touring the country as a double act .
2 I ca n't imanan , a imagine Donna sort of putting away a six pack !
3 After a day which saw United 's chances once again undermined by their inability to score , Richardson believes Villa showed just why they are capable of putting up a genuine challenge .
4 The benefits and disadvantages of putting up a spokesman or providing filming facilities should be weighed with care and the validity of the company or client 's position in relation to the topic must be discussed with senior management .
5 And the ordeal of putting up the lists — he could still feel the brute weight of Allan Stewart 's shoulder jolting him aside , the smell of whisky on his breath , and then the twilit hours lying low beside the minister in the church , waiting for the hubbub outside to die away .
6 Suddenly , the unthinkable happened : the engineer in charge of putting up the lights , spoke up .
7 Even Dad looked at us proudly as he paused in his job of putting up the bunting .
8 This year those brief moments of feeling , of affection while sharing the task of putting up the decorations , of humility while listening to carol-singers , of joy when waking on Christmas morning , this year these brief moments will spread and grow and shape themselves to fit the whole year , the whole of our life .
9 The point implicit in the hon. Gentleman 's question is : what is the point of putting up the top rate of tax if one raises less revenue ?
10 The latest letter from Dumenil managers refers to their ‘ intention ’ of putting forward a ‘ proposal ’ to allow unit holders to realise their units .
11 The latest letter from Dumenil managers refers to their ‘ intention ’ of putting forward a ‘ proposal ’ to allow unit holders to realise their units .
12 He felt that MacArthur was not interested now in a peace conference actually meeting but rather of putting forward the proposal in order for the Soviet Union to reject it .
13 The mere fact that the idea of by-passing Parliament has been floated is an indication that the Government , in spite of putting on a brave face , is worried about losing to a combination of Opposition MPs and Tory Euro-rebels .
14 Radio was still something special and the idea of putting out a half-hour programme on the young refugees — to be called Children in Flight - was a great public relations coup for the RCM .
15 But I do not put much weight on this second ground , for great as may be the importance of putting out a fire , it is not sufficiently great to justify the driver in leaving a trail of destruction behind him . ’
16 The Egyptians gather in a line , thinking more of the cats than of putting out the flames , but the cats dart through or leap over the men and spring into the fire .
17 The Kuwaiti claim is designed to cover the cost of putting out the oil fires and cleaning up the mess , as well as of removing mines laid by Iraqi forces .
18 ‘ Short of putting out an all-persons ’ alert , which would include the police and the Press , there 's little else we can do .
19 For about a year he 's been analysing abduction experiences , with the aim of putting together a psycho-social profile of the classic victim .
20 The mechanics of putting together a behaviour plan will become clear if you look it two other sections : Verbal behaviour on page 170 and Non-verbal behaviour on page 116 .
21 Opposition Members do not believe that is very generous because we know that the cost of putting together a serious buy-out offer is likely to be nearer to £250,000 .
22 It 's also part of the investing in people process , of putting together a flexible training plan which is one of our action targets , erm from that .
23 It was more a matter of putting together a substantial structure , a large building , using the crude tools of the day .
24 We still cherished the idea of putting together a ‘ counterblast ’ ; but I perceived in due course that we had begun to differ regarding the objective to be demolished .
25 On 20 July he had discussed with General Yagüe the possibility of putting together a naval convoy to transport the Army of Africa across the Straits .
26 Indeed , the party might well stay in power unless the Liberals win outright since it has much the better chance of putting together a coalition with other parties .
27 There are billions of possible ways of putting together the bits of an airliner , and only one , or very few , of them would actually be an airliner .
28 There are even more ways of putting together the scrambled parts of a human .
29 As more and more shops go out of business , shoppers should be wary of putting down a cash deposit .
30 The notion of putting down the hardcore floor of the hangar using NAM volunteers and not the contractor made it possible to slice £10,000 off the cost of the project .
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