Example sentences of "[be] [adv] put to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When the creative team has produced an idea or ideas , these are often put to suitable groups to get their reactions .
2 Their expertise , particularly in management , science and technology , and environmental protection , is frequently put to good use in local schools and in voluntary sector organisations .
3 But for the Formalists meaning and ideas are neither here nor there ; like reality , they enter into literature as part of the available material which is then put to literary use by the functional devices of the work .
4 Although no longer used commercially , it was apparently put to occasional use grinding corn up to the start of the First World War .
5 But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour .
6 The surplus heat was thus put to good use and the drying ovens were no longer needed .
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