Example sentences of "[adv] put [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |
| 2 | Until this legacy is tackled we believe MPG6 should make it absolutely clear that no new permissions should be granted , for to do so merely puts off the evil day when the problem of old permissions has to be confronted . |
| 3 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 4 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 5 | It is pretty disgraceful if I can not put to the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East the points which have been the centre of debate in this country for the past 10 days , but I shall do so . |
| 6 | I mean , it 's a double cost whatever you take away , it 's likely to cost twice as much because the Europeans will not put in the other half of the money . |
| 7 | She was just putting in the final sutures when Joanna returned , looking triumphant . |
| 8 | I would imagine what they 're doing is raising the roof and not putting in the second storey . |
| 9 | The sentiment was expressed many times over , but it is succinctly put in the following lines by R. E. Vernede , who was killed in action in 1917 : |
| 10 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 11 | However , in the interests of Western European stability and its own financial position , the British government is perhaps still putting off the final offer — either British withdrawal or some form of power-sharing with catholic nationalists — in the hope of loyalists coming round to what is seen as a more reasonable position . |
| 12 | I was thoroughly put off the whole notion while sharing a flat in New York with a woman who went to pieces when she lost her favourite crystal , and who went to a ‘ Fear of Failure ’ workshop one week , only to attend a ‘ Fear of Success ’ workshop the next . |
| 13 | The argument against having a special regime of rules to regulate the activities of government which are not peculiarly governmental was most famously put by the eminent Victorian jurist , A. V. Dicey . |
| 14 | Perhaps there ought to be an intelligence extradition agreement that all defectors are immediately put on the first aircraft back home . |
| 15 | PLEASE put across the vital role that ‘ guinea pigs ’ perform and although the date clashes unavoidably with the A.G.M. we hope that some class-members will be willing to channel their efforts on behalf of the Examination candidates . |
| 16 | ‘ Unless there is more , something you could n't put in the written message . ’ |
| 17 | And you do n't need to put in the whole amount , but then if you do n't put in the whole amount or you withdraw the net interest which you 're entitled to do then you 're pulling away the build-up are n't you ? |
| 18 | He even puts in the occasional bottle of claret . |
| 19 | Will you please on your piece of paper your blank piece of ordinary paper s s create those five bars now and would you please put in the appropriate signs either crescendo or diminuendo . |
| 20 | This case is well put in the following quotation from a report to the United States Senate : |
| 21 | It is part of the manager 's brief to make sure the artist is n't put into the wrong level or type of venue . |
| 22 | Naturally , the Hagen make the ‘ Muss es sein ? ’ phrase , to the questioning figure which Beethoven thereby put into the musical vernacular , severe and demanding ; so it is , but the answer has a positive affirmation which does not exclude merriment . |
| 23 | The bacon is then put through the smoking process or left as it is . |
| 24 | This assembly was then put into the curved members which were clamped in place on the templates in order to mark position of joints on curved members . |
| 25 | Always put the hook in on the carriage side , knit the row and then put in the other hook . |
| 26 | I let him talk on about harriers and divers and skuas and all the rare and marvellous birds that would no doubt be waiting around to be photographed , and then put in the usual cautious query : ‘ And Ruth ? ’ |
| 27 | Would there not be merits er at least putting in the requisite wiring in case at a future date , that a C A S O M for instance , became dual capable ? |
| 28 | It certainly put off the previous incumbants and could be the one snag for any new applicants . |
| 29 | If today 's brinkmanship backfires on Mr Yeltsin , he will almost certainly put to the popular vote the future of his reforms and a proposal for a constitution that would weaken parliament 's powers . |