Example sentences of "[modal v] be put [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal . |
| 2 | As the 20 point scales being used are essentially arbitrary it is not clear what interpretation should be put on this difference . |
| 3 | er , we have in the East end of the village , including the pub , the farm , and various other properties , a certain type of properties that elevation , a certain sympathetic er amenity , and these buildings , I I heard the word mentioned earlier , I live in the country , I could live in the town , it does n't matter where I live , but these are not the sort of properties , in my opinion , that should be put on this particular site , er and they 're they 're totally , all our own elevations and plans of height , and they are totally and utterly out of proportion and out of scale with the present day entrance to the village , and whilst we 're not talking totally and utterly about looks , if you come down into the village they are going to be totally over powering , particularly in the , in the actual , in this situation of no hedges and that kind of thing , |
| 4 | It is suggested that samples from at least two pilot batches should be put on full formal stability test . |
| 5 | These lessons should be put to good use by the rightful participants in an appropriate forum . |
| 6 | ‘ On the contrary , I think it 's so great that it should be put to better use . |
| 7 | While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points : |
| 8 | The sand or gravel layer should be put over this clay . |
| 9 | Each time a teacher prepares a lesson , it should be put into logical sequence , and the preparation of a programmed text is an extension of this activity . |
| 10 | As soon as possible afterwards , the existing legal obligations on landlords in regard to repair and maintenance should be put into full force again . |
| 11 | ‘ Then it will have been you who decided I should be put in that small room next to your own . |
| 12 | It is important , however , that the facts should be put in some perspective . |
| 13 | The simplest case was that put forward by Murray Copland in the 1960s , suggesting , simply , that in modern editorial terms inverted commas should be put around these lines so that we see that in these lines the Shipman is imitating ( a ) woman . |
| 14 | Their efforts , he writes , must be put under close scrutiny : ‘ I do not know Mr Cameron and , from what I hear of him , have no desire to … |
| 15 | ‘ The Museum of London will then temporarily fill in the site to preserve and protect it while it is decided how it might be put on permanent display . ’ |
| 16 | A whole kingdom , a whole community and all Christian people , save for a few exceptions , might be put under such a sentence . |
| 17 | It 's going to be much colder at altitude than on the ground , but one help is the fact that you move with the wind , so you do n't get so much of a wind chill factor as you are on the ground , and we 'll be putting on extra layers when we actually take off , so we hope we 'll be warm enough . |
| 18 | Blindfolded and presented with this and a Def Leppard album , sensible money could be put on 80 per cent of those challenged failing to tell the two apart . |
| 19 | The demands placed upon them by academic subjects could be put on one side , they could devote their minds with urgency to the mastery of new skills and knowledge . |
| 20 | The old man 's offer to buy the cottage was tempting , a few thousand pounds could be put to immediate use , but it was an offer he could n't accept . |
| 21 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 22 | The Church has already agreed to let Pat have our morning tapes to give them free of charge , and if anyone else would like to send anything , it could be put to good use . |
| 23 | Woodworm and beetle infestation makes much of it unsuitable for structural work but treated and cleaned up with an adze to give it the right period look , much of it could be put to good decorative effect . |
| 24 | Those resources in property and money could be put to good use to top up the £23 million housing improvement programme allocation this year , the £12.5 million of estate action money , the £71 million of Housing Corporation money and the £15 million for the vacant dwellings initiative . |
| 25 | The following extract is exactly as written : ‘ When I tell you that something you use every day could be put to better use — and that using it better could help you to win greater influence , more respect and higher status , promotion and a larger income … it could widen your circle of friends and possibly even secure you fame and power — you might well be curious to know what that ‘ something ’ is … |
| 26 | In the eyes of those who believed that the Masai were decorative but unproductive idlers sitting on land that could be put to better use , the unco-operative attitude of district officials was mere romantic obstructionism , proof positive that they had been bewitched by the Masai . |
| 27 | If an undergravel filter is in use , whether downflow or reverse-flow , then extra biological filtration is totally unnecessary within the canister which could be put to better use with chemical media . |
| 28 | The auditor must examine whether resources could be put to alternative uses , whether objectives could be achieved by an alternative strategy and ( if practicable ) compare the operations of one particular department with another . |
| 29 | Each of these chapters contained at least some description of how the concepts and techniques they described could be put to practical use to build up market knowledge . |
| 30 | If employees , consumers , and other corporate victims had their awareness sharpened and supported by trade unionism , consumerism , and environmentalism , and if the state and legal institutions could be shamed into closing the gap between lofty principles and tawdry practices , then some of these old ideas could be put into effective operation . |