Example sentences of "[verb] [be] put [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everything in this century has been put on the marital couple . |
| 2 | Now that the Asian elephant has been put on the endangered list and included in the Red Data Book of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature 's Survival Service , governments will find it difficult officially to sanction catching operations . |
| 3 | The company 's next Sparc processor , the 100MHz Viper , has been put on the back burner pending Sun 's decision . |
| 4 | After all , the state owns many buildings and assets , and much emphasis has been put on the institutional shareholdings of insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 5 | The museum , along with its art gallery , has been put on the endangered list by Thamesdown Borough Council , which is being forced to make cuts in its budget . |
| 6 | Though no official cost has been put on the deep-water well which led to the West of Shetland find , industry sources suggest the total outlay may have been less than £10 million . |
| 7 | All John Smith had done was put up the white flag . |
| 8 | Officials at the bank now admit that they failed to consider the affected population , and that more pressure could have been put on the Indian government to produce environmental plans . |
| 9 | The ragazza should never have been put down the well , that was the fault of her husband who did n't fully understand the house and was ignorant of its ways . |
| 10 | But if issues like these have been put on the public agenda by feminists , the substantive gains they achieved were limited . |
| 11 | ‘ We decided to suspend treatment for a while but have been put on the waiting list at the Ulster . |