Example sentences of "[was/were] put under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Air operations in Hawaii were put under the direction of Lt Col Art Wildern ( USAF , ret ) who hired and trained the second crew of pilots who were to do the flying in Hawaii . |
| 2 | Medicine 's achievements and potential were put under the microscope and re-evaluated more critically . |
| 3 | Willie longed to touch it but it was put under the counter and he quickly followed Tom back through the dark tunnel of materials and out into the daylight . |
| 4 | A more formal Poor Persons Procedure was established in 1914 and was put under the control of the Law Society in 1925 . |
| 5 | As has already been suggested , and will be discussed in detail in Chapter five , the Sexual Offences Act was put under the microscope during the IT case in the early 1970s . |
| 6 | And when the poison was put under the microscope it seemed to contain the most beautiful colours of the rainbow . |
| 7 | Ards striker Darren Erskine was put under the spotlight by Sheffield United in yesterday 's scoreless Bass Irish Cup draw with Distillery . |
| 8 | Late last year Tygavac , part of Courtaulds Aerospace Advanced Materials , became independent from Tygaflor , now part of Performance Fabrics , and was put under the stewardship of general manager . |
| 9 | The neglected appearance of so much crofting land is not a reflection of current under-use , but of too intensive use in the past , when land was put under the plough , or rather the spade , which no one who had freedom of choice would ever have broken in . |
| 10 | It was put under the hammer in New York by Harold Russell , 78 , who won the top supporting actor award for the 1947 film , The Best Years Of Our Lives . |