Example sentences of "[be] put to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is meant to be put to a specific use . |
| 2 | If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ? |
| 3 | He was then granted full power for six months as well as authority to draw up a new constitution , which would be put to a popular referendum for ratification . |
| 4 | The prospect of talks diminished after Fujimori 's announcement on May 24 that the proposal for the " constitutional congress " would be put to a national plebescite on July 6 . |
| 5 | Scargill hoped for a ‘ domino effect ’ , to be promoted if necessary by the type of mass picketing which had been perfected a decade earlier , and the National Executive supported him ; only three members voted for a proposal that the demand for a national strike be put to a national ballot . |
| 6 | Is planning permission required where the logical expansion of the catering enterprise requires part of the premises to be put to a different use ? |
| 7 | The deal , at Northern Engineering Industries , Newcastle upon Tyne , will be put to a mass meeting of workers today . |
| 8 | That question , in effect , has been put to a representative sample of small firms . |
| 9 | If the WGMS had been used in Britain in 1987 it would have been put to an exacting test in the South-East ( regarded in this context as one of the nine officially defined standard regions of England ) . |
| 10 | They can sit at their big desks and contemplate with an exquisite joy how everything is now being put to a good use . |
| 11 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 12 | This practical idea was put to a local crematorium by Diana Davidson , manager of the Citizens ' Advice Bureau in Chichester . |
| 13 | This question was put to a nationwide referendum on July 29 , but a low turnout invalidated the ballot , thus empowering the Országgyülés to elect the President . |