Example sentences of "to put [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctrine that all the law was expected to do was to put creditors in possession of debtors ’ property was a totally inadmissible piece of spurious humanity . |
| 2 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 3 | THE LAW COMMISSION 's report on computer hacking is to be published on Tuesday , two months earlier than planned and in time to allow ministers to put proposals for legislation into the Queen 's Speech , should they so wish , writes Mary Fagan . |
| 4 | ‘ But Connections creates a completely safe channel to put opportunities in front of people that matter . ’ |
| 5 | On this day : the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Italy and Spain and today became 15 October 1582 ; Spain declared war on Britain , 1796 ; Italian troops occupied Tripoli , 1911 ; the first air battle took place between German and French aircraft , 1914 ; the Allies landed at Salonika , 1915 ; Sir Arthur Lee presented the estate of Chequers as an official country residence for the Prime Minister , 1917 ; the Locarno Conference met and the great powers guaranteed frontiers and agreed to put disputes to arbitration , 1925 ; unemployed shipyard workers started to march from Jarrow to London , 1936 ; the Cominform ( Communist Information Bureau ) was set up to aid European Communist parties , 1947 ; tea rationing ended in Britain , 1952 . |
| 6 | The Greenpeace report , which studied the toxic waste incinerator plans of 18 countries , claimed incinerator technology to be unsafe and inefficient and to put communities at risk from dangerous waste products . |
| 7 | Not only is it allowing certain health authorities to waste millions of pounds on computer systems that do n't work , it also allowed the London Ambulance Service to put lives at risk with a system that had not been fully proven in practice . |
| 8 | Charlotte was in fact on the point of telephoning the undertaker to put matters in hand when she was intercepted by an incoming call . |
| 9 | The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado . |
| 10 | SUCH has been the scale of reopenings ( not to mention survivals ) of lines and stations in the 1980s that to put matters in perspective it is necessary to go back a bit in history . |
| 11 | Prior to the discussion and in order to put matters in perspective , Janet Rogers presented a detailed breakdown of expenditure and income for both administration and training . |
| 12 | Morrisons and Presto supermarkets are also doing their bit to help the people of Kostroma by leaving trolleys for shoppers to put tins of food in . |
| 13 | SCOTVEC is now engaged in a massive development programme to put SVQs in place across as wide a range of vocational areas as possible . |
| 14 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 15 | To fail to have adequate stewarding would be to put participants at risk and to damage the good name of Christian Aid . |
| 16 | This type of notice filing is intended to be simple , inexpensive and expeditious and to put persons on notice that a charge has been registered so that they can take whatever steps they consider appropriate to protect their interests . |
| 17 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |
| 18 | To put things into perspective , the smallest penis encountered in the Kinsey survey was a mere one inch long . |
| 19 | It was less a matter of some technical revelation than the fact that , after a difficult first 18 months with Zachary , this once fiery soul learned to put things into perspective . |
| 20 | She turned over on to her stomach and tried to put things into perspective . |
| 21 | To put things into context , if half of the membership were to put up 10p a week into an HCB , they would make a total yearly contribution of £260,000 . |
| 22 | ‘ Every time I play I feel fitter and it 's up to me to put things in order . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's just what I needed to put things in perspective . |
| 24 | I 've seen prisoners become much more calm and be able to put things in perspective instead of being demanding |
| 25 | H he thought that er it was very imperative for orderly behaviour and for a well organized and to put things in writing . |
| 26 | Central and local government began on a small but growing scale to put resources into education , factory reform and public health . |
| 27 | The front has space for the older person to put details of gas , electricity , telephone , water , local council and police station numbers . |
| 28 | However , when we want to emphasize the ability of unc to put charges into motion , it seems preferable to accord to it its full title , or at least its popular abbreviation in the form of e.m.f . |
| 29 | Flanagan said : ‘ We try wherever possible to put girls in touch with potential sponsors . |
| 30 | A certain firm famous for their ‘ bags ’ trouser suits , used to do an extensive line of grey anoraks , but they obviously had a visit from the style police and were made to put bits of navy blue and red in them or face a lengthy jail sentence . |