Example sentences of "[verb] [been] put on " in BNC.

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1 British Telecom has been putting on the pressure since Mercury was granted a licence in February last year .
2 It is true that some local authorities will not say whether you are eligible or not until a place has been put on offer to you , but it 's still very much worth your while to find out all you can from your local education authority .
3 Its A-minus rating has been put on probation , out of fear of ballooning deficits ; it might indeed have met sterner treatment had 1989 not been a mayoral election year .
4 Tremendous emphasis has been put on the fact that many of the themes are French or European , not American .
5 It derives from the author 's experience of working for the Agricultural Training Board in an area in the North of Scotland where family and part-time farmers predominate but has been put on a wider footing by detailed investigations of attitudes and needs in eleven counties in England , Wales and Scotland , and by less detailed investigations during visits to Norway , the Federal Republic of Germany and France .
6 A KINGSLEY man , branded ‘ a pest and a danger to everyone ’ has been put on probation for two years .
7 Gossips say that additional strain has been put on the marriage because Nicollette 's career is moving into top gear , while her husband 's has foundered since he left LA Law .
8 No estimate has been put on the cost .
9 However , no pressure has been put on China to remove the death penalty .
10 But Crosby 's move for Wilson has been put on ice while Southampton dither over whether to come back in for Armstrong after having a £750,000 bid rejected .
11 No official figure has been put on the sum .
12 A plan to end the use of pseudonyms in financial transactions has been put on hold .
13 I feel that not a enough emphasis has been put on the vows that er parents take and the responsibility the minister has in administering those vows and therefore I support er the new amendment because of this , that it offers er a form of evangelism without the risk of having the parents taking vows that they do not er that they can not keep .
14 If the data has been put on computer , this quantification is easier .
15 While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict .
16 Value added tax has been put on spectacles and surgical boots , which we would never have dreamed of doing .
17 In both instances , emphasis has been put on the development of performance indicators as tools of evaluation .
18 Li Peng , the Chinese Premier , told Nguyen Manh Cam on Sept. 11 that with the progress in the political settlement of the Cambodian issue [ see pp. 38440-41 ] , " the normalization of Sino-Vietnamese relations has been put on the agenda " .
19 The Royal Navy have intensified their patrols and the Special Boat Squadron has been put on alert .
20 In many courses , content has been reduced and a greater emphasis has been put on the acquisition of subject-related skills by the pupils .
21 The Scottish Agricultural Museum , by Edinburgh Airport , opens on 1 May and this year a new set has been put on display to show a Border herdsman 's house .
22 I agree with what has been put on the agenda of our last meeting and that should be and that should be and that is fate , you can not alter that unless you do something about it .
23 The river avon between Tewkesbury and Pershore has been put on red flood alert , it 's banks swollen by torrential rain .
24 The Rangers footballer , Duncan Ferguson has been put on probation after being found guilty of assault .
25 It has been put on the market after 600 years in the same family and is expected to fetch around £400,000 .
26 CAERNARFONSHIRE 'S plan to include a New Zealand all-rounder in their team this weekend has been put on hold .
27 Surveillance equipment has been put on all the sets which are known , added Mr Wood , but even protectionists are not allowed to carry out work around the equipment during the November-June closed season .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 Hayburn Wyke Hotel , near Cloughton , Scarborough , a haunt for smugglers in the 19th century , has been put on the market at £350,000 by owner John Colledge .
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