Example sentences of "be put [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told a conference organised by Paisley University that some of the safety cases being prepared by oil companies for the Health and Safety Executive seemed to be putting emphasis on the technology involved in operations . |
| 2 | For some years the growing number of bank collapses had been putting pressure on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) , the government body which guaranteed the safety of private savers ' deposits in most , but not all , of the federally approved banks . |
| 3 | Recent reports have suggested some local authorities are putting pressure on the government to settle early and avoid huge payouts ; they 're said to be concerned that if the case is drawn out , more haemophiliacs will die , and in the event of the ruling going against the government , relatives will be eligible for compensation . |
| 4 | Two main points about Britain at this time : the science unions were putting pressure on the government to shift economic policies from an industrial to a scientific base , and the health service was on the point of collapse . |
| 5 | Additionally , the practice of ‘ soft broking ’ ( giving kickbacks eg , paying the cleaning bills ) , of institutional investors who do trade through them , is putting pressure on the less monied brokers . |
| 6 | Lambert was putting records on the gramophone . |
| 7 | Golf 's popularity was putting pressure on the course because more local people played , and earlier in the day than previously , so the Artisans ' starting time was brought forward to ‘ no later than 8.30 a.m. ’ ( 30 years before it was 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 8 | It was putting pressure on the plaintiffs by persuading people not to enter their employment . |
| 9 | Her brother had joined the fundamentalists , and was putting pressure on the family to withdraw her from college and marry his friend Sharif . |