Example sentences of "were put into [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Madame 's letter , and her books , were put into Boy 's shoebox to join his collection of letters and photographs .
2 And it 's a legacy from the man who invented these ; reflective lenses which were put into road signs and cats eyes .
3 In due course they were put into service on the South Metropolitan system and their subsequent history is therefore described in greater detail in the section dealing with that undertaking .
4 Earlier , he said on East German television that it would be ‘ far from good , even dangerous ’ if European borders were put into question .
5 Some of the profits of the farm were put into land in Kent , where he added substantially to properties acquired through marriage , and in Wiltshire , where he built a fine house at Corsham .
6 Only as they were put into operation , piecemeal , were their assumptions clarified , and their aims consciously formulated and defended by regulationists .
7 In fact , there was considerable debate in official circles during the time of both the Labour administration of 1945–51 and the subsequent Conservative administration about the consequences of black immigration on the ‘ racial character ’ of the British , and several covert and sometimes illegal administrative measures were put into operation to discourage black immigration ( Carter , Harris and Joshi , 1987 ) .
8 These ideas came together and were put into operation by the 1945 — 51 Labour Government .
9 Also , if such a system were put into operation , a member of staff would be needed to operate the light-pen in the South Library and every pupil and teacher would need an individual borrower card .
10 Over the years , as the services grew , eight Islanders were put into use ; but a larger aircraft became necessary .
11 But economic problems were put into abeyance ; in the words of Carr and Fusi ( 1981 : 219 ) , ‘ politics had an almost obsessional priority ’ .
12 Plans were put into action to buy and erect floodlights , but more importantly to install toilets , as the constant ‘ watering ’ of the oak tree behind the grandstand was causing it to rot away and sway , menacingly , over the directors ' seats .
13 In this case the fact that all the bans were put into effect and no reports of significant clashes between librarians and local authorities emerged , probably indicates that in the last resort employer 's directives preceded loyalty to professional obligations ; and in the light of the current employment situation it would have been surprising if such personal considerations did not prevail .
14 It is that , according to the Department of Employment figures , if the Labour party 's economic proposals for a minimum wage were put into effect it would cost some 2 million jobs , of which 50,000 would be in Northern Ireland , where we have a large number of women workers in the clothing , textile and garment industries .
15 I know that he will lose no opportunity to make it clear to employers and workers in that industry how devastating the prospects for their jobs would be if the Labour party 's proposals were put into effect .
16 Although none of these were put into effect , they illustrate the vulnerability of clerical resources in men 's minds , and the potential danger to them if the Church did not have powerful support .
17 ‘ You were put into safety , Fergus .
18 The White Warrior 's Union ( UGB ) , one of the most notorious paramilitary groups , declared that all Jesuit priests in the country were on their death list and anonymous leaflets were put into circulation which suggested : " Be a Patriot — Kill a Priest " .
19 The RF Central Bank announced on May 9 that in January-April 1992 , 143,100 million roubles were put into circulation — 1.6 times more than during the whole of 1991 .
20 How they were put into practice is discussed in Chapter Three .
21 Such laissez-faire ideas were put into practice in the 1980s in the US and Britain , with consequences which I shall examine later .
22 It was as or whatever she put her foot , do n't know , do n't know if popular what we feed him cos we do n't move when I wa , the time they were put into bush cos of er
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