Example sentences of "[modal v] be put [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thick lagging jacket should be put on to the hot water tank . |
| 2 | It says so on the switchboard , which one they 've rung , now if they ask for crime prevention and they phoned number , they should be put through to the bloody crime prevention |
| 3 | is the environment you work in and the major benefit that you 'll be putting over to the |
| 4 | In the beginning , all carp were streamlined , torpedo-shaped fish , and any variation in girth relative to length ( apart from the difference between mature males and females ) could be put down to the quality of the food supply . |
| 5 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 6 | It 's success could be put down to the hard sell . |
| 7 | More worryingly , many consumers said they did not like the taste , but much of that could be put down to the fact that many housewives had a narrow cooking repertoire with an average of only two turkey variations . |
| 8 | The scallops would be put on to the seabed after about two years growth in special nets , and grown on for a further two years before harvesting . |
| 9 | She hoped the hectic flush would be put down to the exertion of bending nearly double . |
| 10 | Mr Smith described the reforms , which will be put out to the party membership in a consultation process lasting until July , as among the most far-reaching and democratic advances in the history of the party . |