Example sentences of "put on the [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A great deal of pressure is then put on the social worker to act in the way the majority want , and not spend time listening to what the client wants .
2 It was the only Italian name I could think of in a hurry and I did n't have the nerve to put on the right accent to go with it . ’
3 These will be handy when they need to put on the pink tie to go to the youth club disco .
4 Everyone knows there is a quality difference between name brand personal computers and generic machines but the premium put on the famous products has become very small indeed .
5 Bourdieu 's own analysis of politics , however , stresses rather the division between the ‘ knows ’ and the ‘ do n't knows ’ , in relation to the pressure put on the general public to have an informed opinion on often very distant issues ( 1984 : 397–465 ) .
6 I also put on the real Sperzel locking tuning pegs as opposed to the fake ones that Fender are making now .
7 Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was .
8 The job of choosing the endangered species to be put on the waiting list belongs to the Captive Breeding Specialist Group , set up by the World Conservation Union — IUCN .
9 Officials at the bank now admit that they failed to consider the affected population , and that more pressure could have been put on the Indian government to produce environmental plans .
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