Example sentences of "been put [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is heartening to see that the non-enrollers have not been put off future participation , especially when it seems many have had difficulties arising from personal circumstances . |
| 2 | Gates had been put on inactive duty pending an investigation of the videotaped beating of a black motorist by a group of city police on March 3 . |
| 3 | The results of over 100 projects have now been put on Open File and are available for public inspection at the National Geoscience Data Centre and relevant regional offices of the BGS . |
| 4 | It was one of the most marvellous events of my life and the first time that any of my work had ever been put on public show . |
| 5 | The river avon between Tewkesbury and Pershore has been put on red flood alert , it 's banks swollen by torrential rain . |
| 6 | Parts of the river wye have been put on red flood alert , the highest level , as it 's waters continue to rise . |
| 7 | I did n't realise that Dad was home early that afternoon because he had been put on short time and had had to take a drop in wages in consequence . |
| 8 | At Ford , where workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand , the feeling was that car tax should have been scrapped much sooner . |
| 9 | Age , health , background , education , interest in Coleridge — all this has now been put beyond possible confusion . |
| 10 | The reason they have not been put into wide scale use is their cost electrical power generation from current photovoltaic devices is still 10 times more expensive than from more conventional sources . |
| 11 | For several weeks the project had been the talk of Polruan : the Russell had been put into extended refit , volunteers had been sought by extravagant promises of Spanish prizes and — to prove that this time Harry 's adventure was to be more than just talk — two six-pounder sakers and a couple of falconets had been delivered aboard a hoy from Plymouth , and hoisted onto the Russell 's deck under Harry 's personal supervision . |
| 12 | Andy has been put through absolute hell . ’ |
| 13 | In the past , chartered accountants have also been able to charge higher rates because of their qualification , but this premium has been put under increasing pressure at the smaller end of the market because of the recession . |
| 14 | It is believed that chimpanzee colonies in Western Africa have been put under severe strain by live export trade for medical research . |
| 15 | On Nov. 10 a police statement said that " all sensitive install-ations " in the country had been put under 24-hour guard . |
| 16 | Already that money has been put to good use . |
| 17 | The new park planting etcetera really enhances the area , so that 's nice to hear from the Civic Society , and they 're also saying that er they 're grateful for the newspaper collection , which their office is thinking has been put to good use . |
| 18 | The consequence of those legal manoeuvres is to deny other London boroughs a massive capital receipt which could have been put to good use on behalf of charge payers . |
| 19 | Talking of worthwhile investments , the new flats constructed by Norman and David have been put to good use this year and indeed Nor indeed Norman 's sets get better and better . |
| 20 | The Display Boards and Banners have been put to good use this year and are always available free from the office on request . |
| 21 | The declaration stated that , whereas heretofore , to wit , etc. , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had then consented to allow the defendant to weigh divers , to wit two , boilers of the plaintiff , of great value , etc. , defendant promised that he would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected , leave and give up the boilers in as perfect and complete a condition , and as fit for use by plaintiff , as the same were in at the time of the consent so given by plaintiff ; and that , although in pursuance of the consent so given , defendant to wit , on , etc. , did weigh the same boilers , yet defendant did not nor would , within a reasonable time after the said weighing was effected leave and give up boilers in as perfect , etc. , but wholly neglected and refused so to do , although a reasonable time for that purpose had elapsed before the commencement of this suit ; and , on the contrary thereof , defendant afterwards , to wit on , etc. , took the said boilers to pieces and did not put the same together again but left the same in a detached and divided condition , and in many different pieces , whereby plaintiff hath been put to great trouble , etc . |
| 22 | 18 women have been put in administrative detention for 6 months without trial a measure that has not been used against women since 1979 . |
| 23 | In addition , he had been put in sole charge of handling negotiations between Cadogan 's and one of the major American corporations . |
| 24 | The kids had already been put in voluntary care due to the car crash and I could n't get them back until three months after I came out . |
| 25 | Enraptured by the celluloid screen , we revelled in the romance that had been denied to us , or had been put in cold storage ‘ for the duration , . |
| 26 | When asked how it was done , Ruysch simply said that the corpse had been put in cold water for a day or so , the aorta and venae cavae were then opened , the blood cleared out and the whole put in hot water for four to six hours ; for the injection he had used suet or tallow in the winter , and added wax , turpentine and resin in summer . |