Sentence examples for had been put on the block from inspiring English sources

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the Learning Company had been put on the block.

Patricia Fry Godley, who oversaw the sale as an assistant secretary of the Energy Department, said Elk Hills had been put on the block because the Navy no longer needed its oil reserves.

His argument is that none of the flagship companies which have been put on the block has passed properly into private hands.

She has been put on leave.

"The art has been put on the auction block.

The museum has been put on the chopping block".

Already, billions of dollars of power plants and subsidiary businesses have been put on the auction block.

A small Danish outfit that is acknowledged to be a world leader in fostering greater public involvement in science policy has been put on the chopping block.

So much for investing in our future: the future has been put on the chopping block, by bipartisan agreement.

Closer to New York, in Long Branch, a renovated three-bedroom, two-bath colonial, seven blocks from the beach, has been put on the market at $269,900.

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