Example sentences of "[was/were] put [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suggestions were put forward for possible entertainers . |
| 2 | Suggestions were put forward for possible entertainers . |
| 3 | Proposals were put forward for new houses and development around the barn ; but because the barn itself was ignored , there were fears for its future . |
| 4 | Fifteen minutes were put aside for this activity and over twenty-five suggestions were recorded , although some were overlapping . |
| 5 | Hayling added to the confusion by taking away applications from blacks , which were put aside for positive consideration . |
| 6 | In their second innings , Somerset were put out for 58 , with only Lionel Palairet reaching double figures and 10 of their total being byes . |
| 7 | As a result of workshops at a Westminster conference ( described in Chapter 2 ) , wide-ranging recommendations for bureau development were put together for further assessment and implementation . |
| 8 | In September 1943 , an additional requirement was put forward for 10 more identical trains , the LMS to provide four . |
| 9 | This reasoning was put forward for two decades to support the idea that chloroquine resistance would not spread in Africa , where adults become immune . |
| 10 | The kick-off was put off for 15 minutes because there were long queues outside . |
| 11 | A spokesman for the Department of the Environment said : ‘ The contract was put out for tender locally by the Roads Service and was awarded to Safeall for three years . ’ |
| 12 | The match was put out for new offers and Kasparov is due to make an announcement in London on March 22 . |
| 13 | The apocalyptic stock-taking was put aside for some future anniversary or crisis . |
| 14 | The story was put aside for twenty years , then rescued by the wife of one of the now adult nephews , shown to a publisher relation , tried out satisfactorily on his own children and brought out to resounding success . |