Example sentences of "[was/were] put [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 2 | Although they might have been relatively cheap to build they were expensive to maintain , a point that some experts were putting at the time . |
| 3 | Meanwhile Welsh international Mark Titley and Newbridge wing Alun Harries were putting on a show for the selectors at the Bridgend Sevens in helping their invitation team ‘ The Welshmen ’ ( management includes Messrs. Ring and Webb ) to victory 22–16 against Llanharan in the Final . |
| 4 | ‘ Nor was it a high risk situation from my point of view , because for these were tried and tested individuals we were putting on the field . |
| 5 | Appearing down Grizedale West , he had to override the transmission balance and after just two stages they were putting in a new gearbox . |
| 6 | and er if it was applied retroactively the er estimates which were put for the European court |
| 7 | Not surprisingly , monastic mills were put to a variety of uses . |
| 8 | How can we be sure that the topics were put to a number of people in the same way ; that is , were they all responding to the same stimuli ? |
| 9 | Meetings were arranged , outings were planned and tempting offers were put to a woman who felt neglected by a husband whose naval duties seemed to be more important to him that his wife . |
| 10 | However , in an apparent backlash against radical reformers by the conservative wing of the ruling National Salvation Front ( NSF ) , two of Roman 's nominees were rejected by the National Assembly when the proposals were put to a vote on April 30 . |
| 11 | Other public institutions were put to the sword elsewhere . |
| 12 | These beliefs were put to the test when United Biscuits was obliged to close one of its main factories in Liverpool . |
| 13 | Even so , all her powers were put to the test when she flew to America to interview Madonna . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Heaven help her if that lie were put to the test ! |
| 17 | This last year those resources were put to the test and not found wanting . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | However , fresh proposals to amend the existing rent policy were put to the Bar Council in March . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Some would say that is a fanciful name for a place where heretics were put to the torch four centuries ago . ’ |
| 23 | Men , women and children were put to the sword . ’ |
| 24 | Mozambique 's needs for external assistance in 1990 were put at a total of $1,400 million . |
| 25 | Therefore an adjective which has the effect of qualifying a property rather than an entity will not occur in ordinary predicative position ( nor in postnominal attributive position ) ; this prediction is confirmed by the unacceptability of sentences such as : ( 11 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere a scoundrel complete must have taken my umbrella the cousins distant were put at a separate table If the adjectives in ( 12 ) are acceptable , reflexion shows at once that they are adjectives with more than one meaning , and the one which appears in predicative position is not that in which they are sense-qualifiers : ( 12 ) their village is distant and hard to reach burning his licence was wholly lawful the set complete is worth 1500 francs |
| 26 | Eventually she was appointed as the Mission 's Scottish Deputation Secretary where the full range of her gifts were put at the disposal of the churches . |
| 27 | In this capacity , he also established ties with the Government of Mozambique , and helped in the gradual process by which relations between Mozambique and the EEC were put on a more constructive basis . |
| 28 | In the past , many governors who fell out with the Bermudians were put on a boat and sent back to London . |
| 29 | TWO youngsters who were strangled after warnings that they could be at risk were put on a council child protection register in June , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 30 | When clothes were put on a kouros the forward step made for play between stuff and limb ; the forward step and skirt pulled aside were combined in the creation , in the second half of the century , of a new type almost as regular as the kouros and known to us as kore , girl . |