Example sentences of "put [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if you take away er , another lump of money including carry forwards , you really do reduce your own ability to be able to pay to take advantage of the window of opportunity we now have to actually put European money into the county . |
| 2 | She knew that she could put economic pressure on her neighbours to build up a bloc of states aligned to herself . |
| 3 | When he came back in a temper sometimes , or been drinking , Cis told me they would put Rich on the kitchen table and tell him to dance . |
| 4 | Yet because God is love and creation is a manifestation of His love , He continues to love the world and wills to ‘ put right ’ whatever has gone wrong . |
| 5 | Up until then I had seldom visited a doctor and prided myself that most things that went wrong I could put right myself . |
| 6 | The proposal was evidently servicing a deficit model of education , which diagnosed that something was wrong with teachers which industry could put right : this at a time when education was faced by changes of revolutionary proportions , new content through curriculum reform required by the Education Reform Act and GCSE , new models of learning , new forms of assessment e.g. Records of Achievement ; new organisations e.g. tertiary colleges ; new accountability , newly appointed parent and industrial governors , new professionalism through initial teacher education , and training reforms for employment training . |
| 7 | But nothing that a good dietitian and orthodontist could n't put right . |
| 8 | The secretariat answer to such a problem would be as follows : ‘ First , let me put right the misunderstanding caused by this phrase ‘ professional clearance ’ . |
| 9 | I set you up a mini-orgy , a nice little threesome , and the minute it rocks a bit , nothing a mite of persuasion would n't put right , you start giving an address on the Greek verb ‘ to rub ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's nothin' wrong with any of us that a cup of hot tea and a ciggie wo n't put right . ’ |
| 11 | In Chapter 4 I stressed the importance of preparation before planting — what you do afterwards can not put right what you fail to do before a plant is in the ground and growing away . |
| 12 | This is an overdraft facility and one of the most flexible and convenient ways of balancing short term overspending which you know you can put right as soon as you 're next paid or , at the worst , within the next few months . |
| 13 | Mistakes were made which I must put right . |
| 14 | ‘ You could put right the mistake you made by promising to be my wife in six years ’ time ! ’ |
| 15 | Cassie felt compelled to continue to talk , as though her chatter could put right what appeared to be the first wrong note of the evening . |
| 16 | So you used to take these five sums out to be marked and he 'd put right , tick , right , wrong , right , you know . |
| 17 | Is the hon. Lady saying that , if a Labour Government were elected , they would immediately put right that ratio ? |
| 18 | Dorcas appeared and reappeared amongst the complicated shadows , muttering to himself , saying things like , ‘ That 's dead , that 's no good , we need a new battery , ’ and ‘ Seems OK , nothing that a good clean could n't put right , ’ and ‘ Hmm , not much in your tank … ’ |
| 19 | There 's not that much wrong with Hereford that a win would n't put right . |
| 20 | ‘ The council did award the contract but there is no evidence to support NCP 's claim that the council should put right the defect , ’ said Mr Buxton in a statement . |
| 21 | Electors may put Labour in office because they hate the Tories or think it 's time for a change or even because they like Labour policies . |
| 22 | Or is it that the working class has shrunk to a level which means it can never put Labour into power ? |
| 23 | He was desperately worried that coalition , as a cynical combination to keep Labour down , would produce a reaction among working-class electors that would eventually put Labour in power . |
| 24 | Well why does n't he put bloody newspaper there ? |
| 25 | If it all comes off , this will put 550 billion drachmas ( $1.6 billion ) into the state budget this year and next . |
| 26 | You know when they pull the flats down they should say , Right , we 'll put fifty families in , fifty families in , fifty families at , you know what I mean , to split all the people what 's in the flats up into different areas cos most of the people in the flats , you know they all stick together sort of thing . |
| 27 | He said I 've seen them put fifty . |
| 28 | Britain 's partners will put strong pressure on Mr Major to promise that the pound will rejoin the exchange-rate mechanism , which , they fear , may be further weakened by Britain 's devaluation . |
| 29 | The tradition of the non-political civil service demands that ministers should be helped to put their ideas into practice , while being made aware of the pitfalls ; but impartial civil servants should not put political ideas into ministers ' heads . |
| 30 | How do you put that in a letter ? |