Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] put back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , on the basis that they should be put back into the position that they would have been had there been no breach . |
| 2 | At a meeting of the European Commission last week , the Commissioner for tax , France 's Christiane Scrivener , shocked her colleagues by suggesting that the member states ' case may prove overwhelming or at least that the system as first proposed should be put back until 1995 . |
| 3 | Also , when decreasing , a pusher must be put back into the blocking rail for every stitch decreased . |
| 4 | By refusing office , Labour would lose all the parliamentary advantages it had gained by becoming the official Opposition in 1922 ; its position in the country might be put back by a decade . |
| 5 | The mill could be put back into full working order with a minimum of effort , should the need ever arise . |
| 6 | Beyond these factors were the numerical weakness and cultural backwardness of the working class , the low average productivity of labour ( even if the factories could be put back to work ) , the vastness of the land area and the isolation of its rural inhabitants , the barbaric inheritance of Tsarism — all in comparison with the exiguous forces of the Bolshevik party . |
| 7 | Latest word from the grapevine is that IBM Corp 's 3390-9 disk drive may be put back to June 1 or June 8 ( CI No 2,165 ) , and there is a certain lack of confidence that the thing will be an easy sell given that it is significantly slower than the lower capacity drives , making it unsuitable for most leading edge mainframe applications ( CI No 2,165 ) : the conspiracy theorists conjecture that it is not a product that the sales force and the market actually want , one that could have been developed simply to respond to something a competitor was planning but in the end never launched , but that it has cost sufficient to develop that to write off the effort now would leave a nasty hole in AdStar Inc 's balance sheet — much better to put the thing out in the confidence that some users will bite , and write the work off over perhaps a five-year product life . |
| 8 | It is expected that the A–20 will be moved by road to the Weeks Museum in Florida , where it will be put back into stock flying condition . |
| 9 | The long-running recession has meant that interest in these properties is low , but if they can be sold the cash raised will be put back into further improving the remaining operations . |
| 10 | And as the charity shelters close , many more will be put back in their cardboard boxes . |
| 11 | Jackson , who described the action as an ‘ artistic ’ response to racism , said that the painting-How Ya Like Me Now ? by David Hammons-should be put back on display together with the sledge-hammer . |
| 12 | Linda Lee , Development Officer , Renfrew District Project , Alzheimer 's Scotland The AIMS of the specialist day care unit are as follows : a To provide a respite break to the carer and give the sufferer a positive place in the community where something positive can be put back into their lives and improve their awareness on a day-to-day basis . |
| 13 | Another says that if the diner happens to put an elbow out , it can be put back at once . |
| 14 | With the new set-aside agricultural policies , there is a possibility that cultivated parks can be put back to pasture . |
| 15 | Hand-reared birds can be put back in the nest once they can feed themselves , but if they 've become imprinted on a human , they may not respond properly to the other birds and the parents may reject them . |
| 16 | Once you 've er got over the newness of it the the the thing can be put in away in a drawer can be put back in it 's box . |