Example sentences of "put on [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During they were a We were put on quotas with everything . |
| 2 | I believe the enormous pressure put on women to be skinny is the most important feminist issue in Western society . |
| 3 | It is not at all unlikely that some pressure was put on women in these two key firms , but it may have been of a persuasive rather than an intimidating kind . |
| 4 | REPUBLIC of Ireland B international full back Curtis Fleming has been put on stand-by for Middlesbrough 's Rumbelows League Cup semi-final second leg at Manchester United tomorrow night . |
| 5 | Colin Scott , Rangers ' third choice goalkeeper , has been put on stand-by in a provisional squad that also contains Brian Reid but Smith 's final selection will only be evident when the players take to the field for the pre-match warm-up tomorrow night . |
| 6 | Ironside , on loan for a month , has been put on stand-by after Middlesbrough keeper Stephen Pears picked up a cheek injury at Cambridge on Tuesday . |
| 7 | The Government claims that 10,000 miners have already been put on buses to their place of origin . |
| 8 | Interesting , though scarcely decorative , was an early custom of writing the author 's name and title in ink on the fore-edge — a reminder of times when spines carried no information and books were often put on shelves in a way we would consider back-to-front , with the fore-edge outwards . |
| 9 | His first attempt , four years ago , had to be put on hold through lack of cash and the right cast . |
| 10 | All that was put on hold on March 20 , 1990 . |
| 11 | According to SAG , current specification development for technology enhancements will continue , but new technology projects have been put on hold for at least 18 months to two years . |
| 12 | Taking a leave of absence , SAG says all work on versions three , four and five of the SQL specification have been put on hold for the next nine months . |
| 13 | Financial matters may have been put on hold for some time past , now is the time to get things moving again . |
| 14 | ‘ If not , the whole scheme is likely to be put on hold for quite a while . ’ |
| 15 | The controversial £5 million layout had been put on hold after the Bellgrove accident , in which two people died . |
| 16 | October 1991 : Proposed Green Taxes on hoteliers and other service industries causing pollution were put on hold by the Department of the environment . |
| 17 | German plans to remove bromine and chlorine from leaded petrol have been put on hold by the EC , which is concerned that the new environmental measures may result in explosions . |
| 18 | The tracing paper is then put on top of the cloth to be embroidered and a stamper wipes the surface of the paper with a cloth soaked in blue dye . |
| 19 | Rocks are grouped together and then crushed paper is put on top of them and painted , to form the grotto . |
| 20 | As I approached it I reached out my talons to land and perhaps the prey I was holding obscured the view for I should have seen sooner what had been put on top of the post by Men . |
| 21 | He wanted to pick up something from the breakfast table and throw it on to the floor , the plate from which Mr Blakey had eaten his fry , the apricot jam , the tea-pot , the bundle of knives and forks that Kate had collected and put on top of the pile of green cereal bowls . |
| 22 | First the paste was levelled , a wax circle put on top of the fish , and then the jar was corked . |
| 23 | REFORM OF the law on Sunday trading was put on ice for at least another year yesterday despite a clear demand for liberalisation by rank-and-file Tories , writes Stephen Goodwin . |
| 24 | Opposition to Home Rule was put on ice for the duration with the Bill , but opposition was as genuine in 1918 as it had been in 1914 . |
| 25 | The solutions were then put on ice for 10 min and the RNA was precipitated by the addition of 4 µl of 3 M potassium acetate and 3 volumes of ethanol . |
| 26 | Sadly , the bar had closed and the staff had long since departed so the celebration pint of bitter had to be put on ice for another day . |
| 27 | And he has written to Home Secretary Michael Howard demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 28 | He has written to Home Secretary , Michael Howard , demanding to know if plans for the category B inmate jail will be put on ice for a second time . |
| 29 | The champagne has been put on ice at Stockton . |
| 30 | MINERS at Point of Ayr colliery are angry that a £7.5m investment programme has been put on ice by British Coal . |