Example sentences of "put it to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate . |
| 2 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 3 | On balance , the GDR , Hungary and Bulgaria have shown themselves able to absorb Western technology and put it to effective use ; but Romania and , more conspicuously , Poland , have combined high levels of dependency with ill-conceived investment decisions and the worst adaptation problems of the kind discussed in Chapter 2 . |
| 4 | But even if we 're not involved directly , I mean are you saying then that we perhaps put it to one side , it 's happening somewhere else ? |
| 5 | I ca n't agree a solution with our officers that is acceptable to the residents I represent and I put it to this council to try and get something done about it and all I get from the chairman of the committee is the officer 's comments pushed back down my throat . |