Example sentences of "[verb] [been] put " in BNC.

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1 And now he has been put down , made to seem anti-Semitic , by a probable anti-Semite .
2 It is true that some local authorities will not say whether you are eligible or not until a place has been put on offer to you , but it 's still very much worth your while to find out all you can from your local education authority .
3 Some insurance companies offer small sum policies , with monthly or annual premiums , which may pay for the funeral when someone dies , however much has been put into the scheme .
4 ‘ A motion has been put forward that the Polish United Workers ’ Party ( the Communist Party ) should … give the right to vote to all of its members .
5 The motion which has been put to the clubs , and backed by an emotive letter from the president , will be proposed by senior life member Ken Harris .
6 Albert Dodd , a long-standing Ferranti director , has been put in charge of ISC and its subsidiaries including Marquardt , EMP , Datacom , Cardion Electronics and Laben and Elmer in Italy , with a view to bringing about closer integration .
7 NEARLY £5billion has been put up by 2.2million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed last night , making the sale one of the most popular privatisations .
8 Nearly £5 billion has been put up by 2.2 million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed , making the sale one of the most popular in the Government 's privatisation programme .
9 In the thirty-two years that have passed since Suez , there have only been four such occasions when the wheel has been put over :
10 Its A-minus rating has been put on probation , out of fear of ballooning deficits ; it might indeed have met sterner treatment had 1989 not been a mayoral election year .
11 Even green western Germany has been put to shame by Japan 's and America 's commitment to lead-free petrol .
12 With little experience , apart from a controversially-received history of the Warburg dynasty , he has been put in charge of one of the world 's highest profile institutions .
13 John Patten , 46 , a long-serving Home Office minister , has been put in charge of Education .
14 Tremendous emphasis has been put on the fact that many of the themes are French or European , not American .
15 All this — and a great deal more — has been put under one roof at the first Daily Telegraph Individual Homes Show , to be held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham over Easter .
16 It derives from the author 's experience of working for the Agricultural Training Board in an area in the North of Scotland where family and part-time farmers predominate but has been put on a wider footing by detailed investigations of attitudes and needs in eleven counties in England , Wales and Scotland , and by less detailed investigations during visits to Norway , the Federal Republic of Germany and France .
17 Yet despite its breakneck evolution , Medeva has been put together in pursuit of a definite strategic plan , and it looks as though the pharmaceutical world will become very familiar with it in years to come .
18 The cost of replacing all the pipework that poses a danger of lead contamination has been put at £1,000 million by the WRC and a committee apparently advised the DoE that the cost could be £405-£2,000 million .
19 A striking Norwegian experiment , in which a glass roof has been put over a whole catchment , shows the degree of such ecosystem damage .
20 The position of the followers of Barth represents in part a theological reaction to the sort of pressure that theism has been put under by the philosophical school associated with Ayer , ‘ logical positivism ’ .
21 The call for action has been put into practice in some parts of Latin America , especially in Central America .
22 ‘ Now , this infant has been put in a perfect environment .
23 No large-scale tests have been made to establish the rate of risk but it has been put at 1.5% , or an average of one in 60–70 .
24 Trinity Mill , near Bagendon , is one such and has been put to a number of different uses .
25 But it does not mean , ’ she said starchily , ‘ that one is totally without influence , or that propriety has been put in abeyance .
26 The lease of Barrington Court in Somerset has been put up for sale by the Trust 's tenant , Mr. Andrew Lyle , along with his family 's surrounding freehold farmland .
27 You raise the possibility of a continuous loop presentation video : the idea is not a new one but has been put aside for the moment because of the high costs involved in making such an item .
28 A Week in Politics has been put out by Channel 4 for a number of years , but it was adapted to be the channel 's weekly round-up programme on Parliament ; it is broadcast for one hour on Sundays at 10 am .
29 One interesting idea has been put forward by Stephen Weeks who lives in Wales and has restored Penhow Castle .
30 Although the night-time itching has been put down to the nocturnal habits of the mite , it is interesting that for the first few weeks of infestation , when the mites are presumably just as active , there are often no symptoms at all .
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