Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] put to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conference is the forum where Resolutions which were submitted last December and which were discussed at over 50 District Meetings around the country since then were finally put to the vote of the delegates and , if passed , thereby became a cornerstone of Association policy . |
| 2 | Communication systems were also put to the test ; up sound . |
| 3 | Torches were again put to the kindling but the fire only teased the victim 's feet and ankles . |
| 4 | The crassness of this assumption was forcibly put to the president by the speaker , Tip O'Neill , following the former 's televised address to the nation on the energy problem on 18 April 1977 . |
| 5 | Although Eagles ' defence was rarely put to the test , they need to improve their control for the sterner tasks that lie ahead next season . |
| 6 | The syndicat was soon put to the test . |
| 7 | The restored relationship was soon put to the test in the summer of 1958 with the controversial British and American intervention in Jordan and Lebanon . |
| 8 | The motion was formally put to the meeting and seconded . |
| 9 | The proposal , drawn up by an advisory group of industrialists and academics known as the DTI 's aviation committee , was originally put to the department last November , but has only just been made public . |
| 10 | In the event , the formula was never put to the test , but it provides an idea of the way the Palace would expect to pass the buck . |
| 11 | Fortunately , its effectiveness was never put to the test . |
| 12 | Its unique design was never put to the test in defending against attack ; instead it was used as a prison almost from the time it was built . |
| 13 | This powerful and unusual defensive tower was never put to the test and was almost solely used to keep prisoners in rather than invaders out . |