Example sentences of "to put up a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its place at the centre of government thinking was re-emphasised in April 1939 when the RCM was told that , henceforth , each guarantor would have to put up a deposit of £50 to support the cost of a child 's re-emigration . |
| 2 | I seriously doubt if it would be possible to put up a climb like this without bolts , particularly as the rock is not beyond suspicion . |
| 3 | But North had at least a half-promise of another honour : Adolfo Calero revealed that the contras had plans to put up a statue of him in Managua , just as soon as they had won it back from the Sandinistas . |
| 4 | 2 ) I also met Diana England who teaches at IH in Lisbon and who wants to put up a proposal for a Resource Book on Spelling . |
| 5 | This they call the " balanced slate " , and their insistent message is that whereas under our present system a vote for a party is a vote for just one candidate regardless of his precise political stance , the operation of the STV would allow a party , or rather oblige it , to put up a spread of candidates embracing and representing all the factions it supposedly includes . |
| 6 | A party , can present a list without having to put up a candidate in every or indeed in any constituency . |
| 7 | She took up her child and clutched him to her , for his frail , warm , sleeping form seemed to put up a shield between her and the falling ashes around them . |
| 8 | You do n't feel the need to prove yourself , to seek approval , to be careful what you say , or to put up a façade of any kind . |
| 9 | God , it 's simple to understand , a child could do it , but old Mike has to put up a resistance to everything . |
| 10 | Two banks were persuaded to put up a lot of money , so that by the time Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C came to consider the action , the loans including interest totalled around £40M . |
| 11 | What better time then for the Community Action Trust , the organisation behind the Crimestoppers scheme , to put up a reward of £5,000 for the same information ? |
| 12 | Ought we to put up an exhibition in the local library , or outside the CEO 's office ? ’ |