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

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1 Like any other scientific theory , it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons , but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation .
2 The same positive arguments can be put forward for other types of weekly-collection credit .
3 Proposals agreed to by European finance ministers in June will be put forward for full approval this month .
4 Many misconceptions about the past have already been corrected , and in all likelihood many more will only be put right through continued archaeological research .
5 A dress can be worn with clumpy men 's shoes ; tracksuit bottoms and loose tops are comfortable , roomy and worn by either sex ; second-hand clothes can be put together with new ones ; and very few people believe the laws that fashion writers once laid down , such as ‘ no horizontal stripes or light colours for bigger women ’ .
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