Example sentences of "were put to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other public institutions were put to the sword elsewhere . |
| 2 | These beliefs were put to the test when United Biscuits was obliged to close one of its main factories in Liverpool . |
| 3 | Even so , all her powers were put to the test when she flew to America to interview Madonna . |
| 4 | When the disputed questions were put to the practical test of revolution in 1917 , she saw the ‘ doctrinaire obstinacy ’ of the Bolsheviks on the national question as one of the key factors in the disintegration of the Tsarist empire in 1918 . |
| 5 | The visitors stayed at Tynemouth , where finishing touches were put to the plan of campaign , one of the main objectives being to beat the notorious Newcastle offside trap . |
| 6 | Heaven help her if that lie were put to the test ! |
| 7 | This last year those resources were put to the test and not found wanting . |
| 8 | It is astonishing that , when the facts were put to the Minister , he was unable to give the statistics on the number of offences involving knives and other weapons with which stabbings can be carried out . |
| 9 | That is what would happen if the matter were put to the House , but the Opposition seem to think that the matter could be resolved overnight . |
| 10 | However , fresh proposals to amend the existing rent policy were put to the Bar Council in March . |
| 11 | which gives a very comprehensive assessment er of er the i in terms of the Department of Transport 's own manual of environmental appraisal , sets out er information on all the routes that we that were put to the public as part of the consultation we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 12 | ‘ Some would say that is a fanciful name for a place where heretics were put to the torch four centuries ago . ’ |
| 13 | Men , women and children were put to the sword . ’ |