Example sentences of "put on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | being put on assizes , juries or recognitions , and from being made sheriff , justice of gaol delivery , Steward of the Forest , forester , vendor of the King 's wood , escheator , coroner , verderer , regarder , agister , or one of the knights to elect the grand assize . |
| 2 | During they were a We were put on quotas with everything . |
| 3 | When all of the mixture had been applied , a cap was put on Jo 's head — this helps to retain the heat and promote colour strength . |
| 4 | A number of samples in excess of the calculated number must be put on storage to enable tests to be repeated when unexpected results are obtained . |
| 5 | Pomade — a perfumed oil or ointment put on hair to make it smooth and shiny . |
| 6 | All prisoners serving a year or more will be put on licence when released and supervised up to the three-quarter point of their sentence and , for some sex offenders until the end of their sentence ; |
| 7 | After a hasty breakfast the diligent shepherds and dogs were put on shore . |
| 8 | I believe the enormous pressure put on women to be skinny is the most important feminist issue in Western society . |
| 9 | It is not at all unlikely that some pressure was put on women in these two key firms , but it may have been of a persuasive rather than an intimidating kind . |
| 10 | While capitalist states elsewhere have had to deal with high levels of inflation , balance of payment crises , low productivity and increasing demands put on State expenditure , Britain has had to respond not only to these problems but also to a decline in its manufacturing base : profits from industry have not gone back in sufficient volume to sustain the long-term investment in new technology that Britain has needed . |
| 11 | If cooked put on dishes and replace in turned-off oven . |
| 12 | Hospital medical teams have been put on stand-by . |
| 13 | We are a proud nation and at least we should have been put on stand-by . ’ |
| 14 | REPUBLIC of Ireland B international full back Curtis Fleming has been put on stand-by for Middlesbrough 's Rumbelows League Cup semi-final second leg at Manchester United tomorrow night . |
| 15 | Ironside , on loan for a month , has been put on stand-by after Middlesbrough keeper Stephen Pears picked up a cheek injury at Cambridge on Tuesday . |
| 16 | Colin Scott , Rangers ' third choice goalkeeper , has been put on stand-by in a provisional squad that also contains Brian Reid but Smith 's final selection will only be evident when the players take to the field for the pre-match warm-up tomorrow night . |
| 17 | I 've got up again and put on G.P. 's clavichord record . |
| 18 | ‘ I always take him out in knee-pads , and usually put on exercise bandages , as we are still wary of his split tendon operation . |
| 19 | Sevens heat put on England |
| 20 | BRAKE PUT ON MERSEY CAR CRIME |
| 21 | The Government claims that 10,000 miners have already been put on buses to their place of origin . |
| 22 | Interesting , though scarcely decorative , was an early custom of writing the author 's name and title in ink on the fore-edge — a reminder of times when spines carried no information and books were often put on shelves in a way we would consider back-to-front , with the fore-edge outwards . |
| 23 | There remain doubts about Mason 's stamina but encouraged by greater attention since Bruno 's career was put on hold , he is fitter than at any other time in his career and is undoubtably the heavier puncher . |
| 24 | The GDR 's acceptance as a real country has been the function of the Cold War , a piece of make-believe reflecting tacit agreement by both blocs that the German Question is best put on hold . |
| 25 | He said that he had n't , and he was put on hold again — and again the phone went dead . |
| 26 | Mr Murdoch also told the meeting that plans for Media Partners International , the investment vehicle , had been ‘ put on hold ’ . |
| 27 | Eddie Dayan , Lowndes ' managing director , said it was too early to know how the latest round of interest rates would affect sales , but the company has put on hold its £10m store refurbishment programme , which was three-quarters complete . |
| 28 | All that was put on hold on March 20 , 1990 . |
| 29 | As the issue assumes greater urgency , the Sandinistas may be willing to undercut , or at least put on hold , the FMLN insurgency in El Salvador , sources here suggest . |
| 30 | Debate on Southcom 's future , which has dragged on for years , was put on hold when American relations with General Noriega reached rock-bottom . |