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 | Also could the later dual master cylinder , as opposed to the single piston one , now fitted ( with or without servo ) , be put on without major surgery ? |
| 6 | Whereas London cabaret bills tend to be filled with straight stand-up acts , in provincial gigs you are more likely to be put on with local bands , cringe-worthy performance poets , or singer-songwriters wielding acoustic guitars . |
| 7 | It was an impossible arrangement in the circumstances and through their solicitors they agreed that the horse should be put up for public auction , each partner having the right to buy it outright . |
| 8 | LIGHTS should be put up in dark Darlington lanes to help cut down crime , a shopkeeper said yesterday . |
| 9 | The council has over 6,000 on the waiting list and over 100 families having to be put up in bed-and-breakfast accommodation . |
| 10 | Although there is a waiting list , some had to be put up in other Church of Scotland homes in Edinburgh . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | The mill could be put back into full working order with a minimum of effort , should the need ever arise . |
| 13 | In a way , it has to be put down to mutual dependence . |
| 14 | Likes and dislikes can not be put down to pure genetic inheritance alone . |
| 15 | They will realise they can not change everything ; the hours spent re-inventing government or shifting paradigms will be put down to youthful inexperience . |
| 16 | No I mean I I do n't think what happened on Piper can be put down to basic safety . |
| 17 | If he had been born in Australia or Lithuania or even Manchester , Sheikh al Hassan could have ejected his minion on to the street in the sure knowledge that it would be put down to robust good humour . |
| 18 | And even those could be put down to excessive grief at the loss of his wife . |
| 19 | In the first flush of enthusiasm following these unprecedented claims there was a very strong tendency to identical dreaming exclusively with REM sleep , presuming that any lack of identification of dreaming with eye movements could be put down to experimental error . |
| 20 | In addition , questions may be put down for written answer . |
| 21 | Or they could be put down by other people . |
| 22 | This , however , was a determined pack and we were not going to be put off by small obstacles like being unable to stand up or walk forward . |
| 23 | They are likely to be fairly nosey — do n't be put off by adverse comments ! |
| 24 | As the late collector stated , the antiquities market can be treacherous going , as many collectors can be put off by unanswered questions of authenticity and provenance . |
| 25 | Do n't be put off by old ‘ Crazy Horse ’ Emlyn — he is of the high-pitched voice and cheesy grin . |
| 26 | Existing waste disposal operations will have to be put out to private or arms-length companies so the local authority 's policing role can not be mixed with its disposal role . |
| 27 | Picton-Howell had worked hard for the project since the early days , and had kept her old job as London office administrator on Equal Opportunities grounds that the post should not be put out to competitive interview after capitalization . |
| 28 | Many services do not need to be provided by local authorities ; they could and should be put out to competitive tender to be provided by private contractors — from refuse collection to school meals provision and old people 's homes . |
| 29 | However , the 1988 Local Government Act requires that a local authority 's cleaning and maintenance work be put out to competitive tender : this is likely to result in fewer of these staff being employed directly by the LEA in future . |
| 30 | Perhaps this operation would be the last , perhaps his Western masters would finally decide that the old workhorse had given his best and deserved to be put out in rich pastures . |