Example sentences of "have [be] put [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A striking Norwegian experiment , in which a glass roof has been put over a whole catchment , shows the degree of such ecosystem damage .
2 In traditional Unilever style , Burgmans has been put through the international mill .
3 A foot has been put through the loft floor and now a hole needs to be repaired in a lath and plaster bedroom ceiling .
4 Andy has been put through absolute hell . ’
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The cost of the next stage after JET has been put at five times the cost of the Culham experiment and this would suggest the need for even wider collaboration .
8 Pesticide levels in drinking water are already above legal limits in many areas ; the cost of reducing pesticide levels in the drinking water of 30 eastern towns to acceptable levels has been put at DM450 million .
9 The overall cost of bringing 57 former Soviet stations up to world standards has been put at US$9,000 million .
10 The damage has been put at more than 60,000 pounds .
11 The cost of this year 's show has been put at £350,000 , but admission prices have been kept at £6 for adults , £5 for senior citizens and £3 for children .
12 The cost of this year 's show has been put at £350,000 , but admission prices have been kept at £6 for adults , £5 for senior citizens and £3 for children .
13 A £28 MILLION project to upgrade the A71 west of Edinburgh has been put at risk because of Scottish Office limits on road development spending by Lothian Region , the council 's transport chairman claimed yesterday .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Tremendous emphasis has been put on the fact that many of the themes are French or European , not American .
17 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 .
18 A KINGSLEY man , branded ‘ a pest and a danger to everyone ’ has been put on probation for two years .
19 Gossips say that additional strain has been put on the marriage because Nicollette 's career is moving into top gear , while her husband 's has foundered since he left LA Law .
20 No estimate has been put on the cost .
21 However , no pressure has been put on China to remove the death penalty .
22 But Crosby 's move for Wilson has been put on ice while Southampton dither over whether to come back in for Armstrong after having a £750,000 bid rejected .
23 No official figure has been put on the sum .
24 A plan to end the use of pseudonyms in financial transactions has been put on hold .
25 I feel that not a enough emphasis has been put on the vows that er parents take and the responsibility the minister has in administering those vows and therefore I support er the new amendment because of this , that it offers er a form of evangelism without the risk of having the parents taking vows that they do not er that they can not keep .
26 If the data has been put on computer , this quantification is easier .
27 While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict .
28 Value added tax has been put on spectacles and surgical boots , which we would never have dreamed of doing .
29 In both instances , emphasis has been put on the development of performance indicators as tools of evaluation .
30 Li Peng , the Chinese Premier , told Nguyen Manh Cam on Sept. 11 that with the progress in the political settlement of the Cambodian issue [ see pp. 38440-41 ] , " the normalization of Sino-Vietnamese relations has been put on the agenda " .
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