Example sentences of "has put a [noun sg] on " in BNC.

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1 The main difficulty is that in order to record capital the organization not only has to know what assets it owns but it also has to put a value on them , even if the ‘ value ’ is their historic cost .
2 In particular , a decision on the meaning of a word or phrase in a standard form commercial agreement will generally be followed because , as Lord Denning put it in The Annefield [ 1971 ] P 168 , " Once a court has put a construction on a standard form , commercial men act upon it .
3 Mr James has put a hold on all disposals from Eagle while he completes a strategic review of the business , which was rocked by the liquidation of Connect Parcels and the disappearance of £13.7m of funds .
4 But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more .
5 Increasingly the trade in gall bladders has put a price on bears worldwide , with killings in America and Russia increasing .
6 Midland Bank DECLINE OF A HEAVYWEIGHT The Midland 's disastrous immediate past has put a blot on its glorious history .
7 His main target was vanity , and how materialism has put a brake on the human race .
8 But looking after five-month-old daughter Atlanta has put a brake on her clothes shopping sprees .
9 I 've put the , the estate agent has put a number on the house .
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