Example sentences of "[noun pl] put [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gallus himself died in 551 , and at his death the local clergy put forward the name of the priest Cato ; the bishops officiating at the burial of Gallus offered to consecrate Cato there and then , and to square the appointment with the king , who was only a minor , subsequently . |
| 2 | The followers of Eufrasius resorted to simony , backed by the financial support of the Jews , but the clergy put forward the name of Avitus . |
| 3 | Those which used Aube wines put forward the argument that the Aube was not only part of the historic province of Champagne , but its chief town , Troyes , was the ancient provincial capital and once the seat of the counts of Champagne . |
| 4 | The demand was heavy , for a payment of one-sixth on the goods of the laity and of one-third on those of the clergy , and some men refused payment outright , while others put forward the plea that they could not afford to pay . |
| 5 | Harry MacAdoo , then the Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin , on several occasions put forward the argument that Southern protestants were a minority group with their own culture and traditions , and thus deserved to have schools for themselves in order to hand on their own traditions . |