Example sentences of "to put all " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to put all employees on standard five-day-week contracts , compared with the mixture of four-day weeks , nine-day fortnights and five-day weeks which staff currently work . |
| 2 | In stark contrast , industry seems almost eager to put all its cards on the table . |
| 3 | Then , just before the final turn and with four fences to take , it looked as if Mandarin might yet run out , and Winter had to put all his strength into forcing the horse to the left , the correct side of the course marker . |
| 4 | And then on 10 April 1544 came Henry 's chilling order to his brother-in-law Edward , earl of Hertford , to put all to fire and sword , burn Edinburgh town , so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it , as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon ( them ) for their falsehood and disloyalty … and as many towns and villages about Edinburgh as ye may conveniently , sack Leith and burn and subvert it and all the rest , putting man , woman and child to fire and sword , without exception where any resistance shall be made against you ; and this done , pass over to the Fifeland and extend like extremities and destructions in all towns and villages whereunto you may reach conveniently , not forgetting among all the rest so to spoil and turn upside down the Cardinal 's town of St Andrews , as the upper stone may be the nether , and not one stick stand by another , sparing no creature alive within the same … |
| 5 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 6 | In October he summoned to Amman the local notables favourable to his rule , where they asked him to put all Arab-occupied Palestine under his protection . |
| 7 | She had a sports bag to put all her things in : her swimming gear , her running shorts and her riding things . |
| 8 | This ‘ nice guy ’ is an invaluable asset and can allow you to put all your efforts into driving the group forward to complete its task . |
| 9 | When he has time to relax , he manages to put all that energy into enjoying himself . |
| 10 | Systems thinking can help to put all new and existing factors into context , clarifying relationships and providing a baseline for deciding what action is needed to absorb the new requirements . |
| 11 | When Jesus was warning his followers about his own forthcoming death he told them not to be worried or upset but to put all their trust and confidence in him and in God . |
| 12 | The anxiety of the papal reformers to put all clergy under a rule shows that experience suggested to them that celibacy could only be enforced on monks or folk living a quasi-monastic life . |
| 13 | One frequent request was for containers in which to put belongings which were to be stored at Bloomsbury House : ‘ Alice needs 2 wooden boxes and 1 cardboard container in which to put all her belongings … ’ |
| 14 | I will continue to put all I can into this game for the moment . |
| 15 | Of their immediate task , all members of the Far Eastern foursome were agreed : the Old Course 's opening drive , as if designed to put all golfers at ease , is not demanding . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've had a very simple idea , ’ says Jim enthusiastically , ‘ and that 's simply to put all six strings into one packet instead of having six individual packets all being thrown away . |
| 17 | This proved very successful in the '60s when Picato used to put all six strings in one packet , namely the circular plastic box which those of us who were around then remember with affection . |
| 18 | Recalling the eve of the maiden flight of the ‘ Have Blue ’ proof of concept prototype which evolved into the F-117 , Rich told journalists : ‘ When that airplane was going to fly , the company was on strike , so we had to put all the management and engineers to work . |
| 19 | One phone call to other parents will bind you together — and give you the parent power to put all your combined feet down with a loud stamp . |
| 20 | Jonny says : ‘ Rowing is the sort of sport that , if you 're tall enough and weigh enough , you can get pretty good at it — if you 're willing to put all the hours into training . |
| 21 | And you see , the blinding thing about making me your manager is that I 'd be able to put all the resources of Trotters Independent Trading at the club 's disposal . |
| 22 | This meeting had taken place about two weeks ago ; two weeks of frustration and boredom rubbing away at the monkey 's sanity , its only hope to keep concentrating ; to put all its energy into finishing the task the computer had set for it ; another four , maybe five hours of programming . |
| 23 | When recounting the problems they have with their children , parents will often appear to put all the blame on their children . |
| 24 | The other most common fault at this stage is for the knitter to put all the needles for the second side into UWP , instead of taking them back to B position with the transfer tool . |
| 25 | They and other committed Europeans like Germany 's Chancellor Helmut Kohl hoped for a massive endorsement to put all their plans firmly back on track . |
| 26 | The 21-year-old McCracken , who makes his debut in tomorrow 's home game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I 've come to England with a bit of a reputation but I want to put all that behind me and get on with playing rugby and improving my game . |
| 27 | The individual has to put all proceeds from the sale of the old house into buying the new one . |
| 28 | Correcting faults takes time ; instilling good habits takes time ; and finding the right coaches as well as the right players to put all this into effect will take time . |
| 29 | What compels you to put all this together ? |
| 30 | The feminist psychology of women also tends to put all aspects of women 's experience on the same level . |