Example sentences of "for putting " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Might there not be a case for putting the initial interview in the hands of an educational psychologist skilled in eliciting a history without being committed to what the social workers revealingly call ‘ disclosure ’ ? ' , he suggested . |
| 2 | It had one of the best acoustic sound-dubbing rooms in Europe — they 'd been fitted out some time in the thirties to be used for putting soundtracks on to movies . |
| 3 | The next day , Beaverbrook ( who , with Amery , had been among those who had helped bring down the Lloyd George coalition in 1922 ) ‘ strongly urged ’ Amery ‘ to work closely with Hailsham both to keep the positive campaign going and decide when the critical moment should come for putting an end to the Coalition ’ . |
| 4 | Price : £108,994 0–60mph : 6.5secs 30–70mph : 6.1secs 30–50 in 4th : 2.4secs Top Speed : 143mph Overall MPG : 15.1 Citation : For putting the fight back into Bentley and creating a form of transport that wants for nothing at all |
| 5 | I remember the awe with which I realised — suddenly , while pushing the bike up the bog road — that I now had no excuses for putting off being happy ; there was no one left to blame . |
| 6 | ‘ I REMEMBER THE AWE WITH WHICH I REALISED — SUDDENLY , WHILE PUSHING THE BIKE UP THE BOG ROAD — THAT I NOW HAD NO EXCUSES FOR PUTTING OFF BEING HAPPY ; THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO BLAME ’ |
| 7 | And John Grierson persistently praised Hitchcock for putting ordinary people on to the screen , while attacking Asquith for making films that reflected ‘ a leisure-class England which has lost contact with fundamentals , with the toiling earth and the men who go with it . ’ |
| 8 | But its better way , whereby once bidders pass a quality threshold franchises are awarded to the highest bid , has been almost universally condemned for putting money before quality of service , and as a ludicrous attempt to avoid exercising judgment over a vital decision . |
| 9 | ‘ But how can President Aquino overhaul the leadership of the armed forces after she has already commended them for putting down the coup ? ’ asks a congressman and former military officer , Mr Bonifacio Gillego . |
| 10 | That was the compliment I got for putting on red nail varnish . |
| 11 | THE TRANSPORT Secretary was attacked yesterday for failing to bring in screening of passenger baggage to be stored in aircraft holds , and for putting commercial interests ahead of tighter security . |
| 12 | New Yorkers have always shown a greater genius for putting up new buildings than for repairing old ones . |
| 13 | He is nonetheless being held responsible for putting things right . |
| 14 | Throughout the 1980s , changes were introduced in the benefits system , on the one hand keeping out ineligible claimants and on the other improving the system for putting jobless people in touch with vacancies . |
| 15 | If Ethiopia falls apart , nobody outside will weep for it ; nor , if it holds together , will any outsider pay the vast bill for putting it to rights . |
| 16 | The one responsible for putting together the JP233 since July 1985 has been Royal Ordnance 's Glascoed site : 1,000 acres of low-lying ground , with an obliging screen of hills on every side , deep in the countryside of mid-Gwent . |
| 17 | The ingenious products singled out by this year 's Queen 's Awards for Export Achievement included : pop-up greeting cards , a flushable colostomy bag , and a device for putting the froth on the top of canned Guinness . |
| 18 | Contraceptives can not be sold freely — Ireland 's Family Planning Association has just been fined in the courts for putting condoms on sale in a Dublin record store — and divorce is illegal . |
| 19 | Thanks for putting me in the picture , Patrick . ’ |
| 20 | He felt sure the man had been paid some sort of allowance for putting him up , but it did n't look as if any of it was going to be spent on food . |
| 21 | And who is responsible for putting her into this position ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm looking for a partner for this new act , the Double-Take Brothers , ’ he explains as he busies himself with tea-bags and mugs of boiling water in the back offices of Hat Trick , the Soho production company responsible for putting together the series . |
| 23 | Connie Franks recommends the first week in June as being early enough for putting out the bedding plants . |
| 24 | Luckily , my mum is sound ; she never would have thrown me out for putting rips in my jeans or anything like that . |
| 25 | I remember during the rehearsals for Die Zauberflöte he criticized the Sarastro for putting on the kind of unctuous tone that , according to Gründgens , was best left to indoctrination meetings for the Party faithful . |
| 26 | It was n't her fault if she had a gift for putting her foot in it . |
| 27 | Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation . |
| 28 | The monarchy should be abolished and the land of the aristocracy confiscated to pay for putting England back on its feet . |
| 29 | ‘ Despite the new Golf 's unadventurous styling , ’ I wrote , ‘ Volkswagen deserves an accolade for putting its commercial weight and influence so heavily behind safety and environmental concerns … consistent emphasis on durability and reliability … inspired engineering of the VR6 version … ‘ |
| 30 | As of 1989 , 70 water sources in Scotland had water which needed chemical treatment to make it safe for putting through lead pipes , including supplies in Fort William , Edinburgh , Glasgow and Peterhead . |