Example sentences of "[verb] put a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A research scientist called Mulk got together a group of followers and created two robots , assassination machines designed to put an end to Bangler 's reign of terror , once and for all … |
| 2 | Article 8 of that Convention , which was designed to put an end to the problems created by flags of convenience , required contracting states to adopt |
| 3 | ‘ Of course not , but the police are interested in those keys too and I want to put a stop to Shildon searching my property . ’ |
| 4 | I want to put an end to every consequence of Maurice 's scheme . |
| 5 | They 've been calling us cheats , but I had to call on our manager to try to put a stop to some of their own little tricks at Headingley . |
| 6 | It might have been anticipated that the Criminal Law Revision Committee would seek to put an end to this uncertainty , particularly since , if any guiding principle has informed its final report , it is that the law should distinguish firmly between consensual and non-consensual sexual activity . |
| 7 | Sufficient to say I was deeply embarrassed , and the time has come to put an end to this absurdity . |
| 8 | Torrijos seized power four years later , vowing to put an end to what was perceived as a long era of national humiliation . |
| 9 | The ceasefire in the Iran/Iraq war has put a stop to the bloodshed on the border battlefields but there is no end in sight to the Iraq regimes internal war against the Iraq people . |
| 10 | The government in order to protect people has put a stop to us collecting this money . |
| 11 | But the company has put a stop to the parties to save around £80,000 . |
| 12 | Two changes since those halcyon days for the societies has put an end to their safe monopoly . |
| 13 | The bourgeoisie , wherever it has got the upper hand , has put an end to all feudal , patriarchal , idyllic relations . |
| 14 | In the recent decision of Murphy v. Brentwood DC [ 1990 ] 2 All ER 908 , the House of Lords has put an end to what it described as the ‘ uncertainty ’ created by Lord Wilberforce 's wide principle by using the 1966 Practice Statement to overrule Anns . |
| 15 | , The Minister for Agriculture has put an end to scallop fishing in the north-east in an effort to prevent further outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning which has no cure and can be fatal . |
| 16 | In the UK , operation of the new sulphuric acid recovery plant on Teesside has put an end to ICI 's last licensed programme of waste disposal at sea . |
| 17 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 18 | It has been seven years that life does not bring me any joy and being totally blasé , I have decided to put an end to those viragos . |
| 19 | Mr Lister reported that the International Society for Humour Studies had decided to put an end to the annual Julia Moor Good Bad Poetry Competition . |
| 20 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 21 | ‘ You still have n't told me the purpose of this call , ’ Alyssia pointed out , deciding to put an end to this surface veneer of politeness . |
| 22 | Therefore , having forced them to pay yasak , she strove to put an end to war . |
| 23 | It suggests an autonomy of the human , under a defining idea of linguistic and conceptual consciousness , which tends to put a stop to any interesting questions of the biological kind before they even start . |
| 24 | Students have accused Education Secretary John Patten of failing to understand their basic needs , after he pledged to put an end to automatic membership of the student 's union . |
| 25 | You 've got to put a stop to this . |
| 26 | ‘ And who 's going to put a stop to it ? |
| 27 | Now he does not tell her that he is going to put a knife to that child 's throat and burn his body to ashes . |
| 28 | I 'm on to you , Burns , and I 'm going to put an end to your little game — once and for all ! ’ |
| 29 | I can announce today that we 're going to put an end to the unco-ordinated and inefficient activities of public utilities digging up our roads . |
| 30 | Lotus wants a partner to help put a £1,500 to £2,000 version of the bike into the shops within a year . |