Example sentences of "be put [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like any other scientific theory , it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons , but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation . |
| 2 | The same positive arguments can be put forward for other types of weekly-collection credit . |
| 3 | Arguments can be put forward for either approach . |
| 4 | Several reasons can be put forward for this gap , but the single largest factor is presumed to be the date coverage of the databases . |
| 5 | Several reasons can be put forward for this gap , but the single largest factor is presumed to be the date coverage of the databases . |
| 6 | Proposals agreed to by European finance ministers in June will be put forward for full approval this month . |
| 7 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 8 | In addition , questions may be put down for written answer . |
| 9 | ‘ It will be useless to observe to the Society that it is of the greatest importance to procure a place as soon as possible , if the Professor is not enabled to begin his Lectures by Christmas ( 1791 ) the establishment will be put off for one year — the Zootomy being strictly the first part he is to begin to teach to the pupils , which everyone knows could not be attempted in the Summer — and it would be feared too long a delay might hurt the success of the establishment . ’ |
| 10 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |