Example sentences of "a [noun] put [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the effect of programme scheduling on TV audience sizes , a story put on the front page was much more likely to be read than something buried inside , and ‘ page traffic ’ figures show slightly higher noting of items on right-hand than left-hand pages . |
| 2 | Scientists and engineers at the conference , however , foresaw a major collaboration between academics and European financiers who would seek a permit to put up the estimated $130 million to design the garbage ships and capsules . |
| 3 | Carter says budget constraints mean it is quite a battle to put up the all-important 30 per cent , but he hopes to get more than the £16,870 received last year . |
| 4 | It is difficult to believe that a desire to put on a good show at an exhibition could shape a major research programme . |
| 5 | It was a terrible injustice — as though they were seeking a scapegoat to put down a marker to keep other pilots on their toes . |
| 6 | And when you think about it they must be illegal , cos if a shop puts up a sign saying no money refunded they are , are trying to take away your statutory rights . |
| 7 | Well again the science area as a whole puts out a very large list of lecture titles , which it is prepared to deliver in schools . |
| 8 | Used to be when a carpenter put up a door he put up a door . |
| 9 | Watching a neighbour put up a suspiciously large extension for which he supposedly has permission . |
| 10 | It was such a fuss putting up the stand and then filling and emptying the bath . |
| 11 | Bass , for example , requires a tenant to put down a deposit of £1,000 before he can even contemplate arbitration . |
| 12 | The federal government has spent $2–8 million drilling 1635 holes , injecting 122 556 tons of fly ash , and flushing 117 220 yards of sand into the burning tunnels in an attempt to put out the fire . |
| 13 | There is all the difference between keeping slim , well-groomed and well-dressed in order to look good at forty-five or fifty , and putting the same amount of effort into an attempt to put back the clock and have another crack at being twenty-five . |