Example sentences of "[vb pp] to put the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extensive training programme was designed to put the new techniques into practice . |
| 2 | The time has come to put the national interest above the special interest and totally eliminate political action committees . |
| 3 | After rugged David Shearer barged over Jimmy Carter and Lee Dixon before firing home Blackburn 's 85th-minute decider , Graham conceded : ‘ We 've got to put the physical side of our game back in place — even if it means sacrificing some of the attractive football we want to play . ’ |
| 4 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 5 | However , if Microsoft can neither be bothered to put the basic information in its literature , nor inform the people handling the upgrade , should I be looking elsewhere for an alternative ? |
| 6 | The primary focus is on the UK , but some international comparisons will be undertaken to put the British experience in context . |
| 7 | The only criticism is the time taken to put the financial package together before work could begin . |
| 8 | Third came a Liberal Democrat item , but no one was allowed to put the Tory case . |
| 9 | For a moment , Melissa was tempted to put the poor creature 's mind at rest by revealing what DCI Harris had told her , but immediately rejected the notion . |
| 10 | or you might be tempted to put if it 's just one , one to ten or something , you might be tempted to put the wrong number in |