Example sentences of "[be] put [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Texts can be put to many uses : a ) Extracts from texts can be made the basis of language learning dialogues and drills . |
| 2 | Tools can be used as weapons , Harry , but if you 'll promise these shall never be put to any purposes but those for which they were intended , you may work here whenever you wish . |
| 3 | The committee do not expect members participating to be put to any expense or undue trouble , the proposal is merely to be an ‘ old boy ’ friend in a strange town or country . |
| 4 | Any continuing contributions received will be put to this reserve but active fund-raising for the Appeal has now ceased . |
| 5 | While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points : |
| 6 | The distinguishing feature in my case , as in those of Bruch 's patients , was that I , the eldest , was the only one in the family to be put under such pressure . |
| 7 | The Government could therefore be put under some pressure to give the passengers a guarantee that they will not be exploited . |
| 8 | The sand or gravel layer should be put over this clay . |
| 9 | As techniques improve , the number of components that can be put onto each prototype chip increases . |
| 10 | Called ‘ hot black ’ , it consisted of a stick of black greasepaint of which a small spoonful was held over a lit candle ; when it was melted , blobs of the hot grease would be put on each eyelash with a hairpin . |
| 11 | Whole circuits are reduced to small slivers of material , measuring a few millimetres across , and the number of components and whole circuits that can be put on each chip is increasing each year . |
| 12 | There are two main interpretations that Can be put on this finding . |
| 13 | As the 20 point scales being used are essentially arbitrary it is not clear what interpretation should be put on this difference . |
| 14 | There should be one straw to be put into each bottle ; either each child does his own or one child takes a turn for the group . |
| 15 | In the case of small dogs , half the dose had to be put into each nostril , and with large dogs the full dose was put into one nostril . |
| 16 | There are many words and phrases which can be put into this category in English , and many different ways in which they can be classified . |
| 17 | What was wrong was the scholastic insistence that all arguments , all reasoning , could , and should , be put into this form . |
| 18 | However , with more practices becoming fundholders negotiating contracts with providers is becoming increasingly complicated and more time and money needs to be put into this aspect . |
| 19 | On the other hand , felids digest the molars of their prey so effectively that they are extreme members of category 5 or even could be put into another category , 6 , on their own ( Fig. 3. 21D-E ) . |
| 20 | By changing the historian 's focus , these problems can be put into another perspective . |
| 21 | It may even totally refuse to eat unless it knows a familiar food to be especially nice — and poor quality hay can never be put in that category . |
| 22 | Players can be put in any position , so you could have a striker playing in goal ! |
| 23 | It 's not unusual for man to be put in this position of taking second place . |
| 24 | It is important , however , that the facts should be put in some perspective . |
| 25 | Mr Blair took the lead , claiming : ‘ Some young offenders are so out of control and such menaces to society that they are going to have to be put in some form of secure accommodation . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It occurs to me that , before returning the animals to the land again , a trace could be put inside each animal . |
| 27 | So that I think the sort of questions that are being raised here will be addressed and will be able to be put within that complex , that overall strategy which I think now is sort of pretend , it does n't exist at the moment . |
| 28 | The North East area CAB was disappointed , however , that differences of opinion on definitions may mean that the full thrust of NACAB 's social policy work may not be put behind this motion . |
| 29 | The simplest case was that put forward by Murray Copland in the 1960s , suggesting , simply , that in modern editorial terms inverted commas should be put around these lines so that we see that in these lines the Shipman is imitating ( a ) woman . |