The phrase "put the deadline" is perfectly correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are attempting to specify when a task or project should be completed. For example, "Let's put the deadline for the project at the end of the week."
An attempt to put the tighter deadlines into effect last year was blocked by another judge on procedural grounds.
An attempt to put the tighter deadlines into effect last year was blocked by the courts in a lawsuit by legal, medical and consumer groups.
The state's previous attempt to put the tighter deadlines into effect was blocked by a state judge in Manhattan on procedural grounds, including the State Insurance Department's failure to show that the new regulations would reduce fraud and failure to pursue possible alternatives toward meeting that goal.
On Monday, after vociferous complaints from principals, the department once again put off the deadline, though it was unclear for how long.
The decree should have come into effect at the end of January but on January 21st the government put back the deadline to July 31st.There is clearly a problem, but neither the Bank of Italy, the country's central bank, nor the Italian banking association can put figures on it.
There had been a boost for England before the start of play, as a decision by the International Cricket Council to put back the deadline for the confirmation of World Twenty20 squads from Saturday to next Friday spared them the embarrassment of having to omit Pietersen again during this Test.
Financial industry lawyers have already forecast that regulators will miss the July deadline to put the rule into effect.
Industry lawyers and experts expect that regulators will miss the July deadline to put the rule into effect.
In a C-Span interview this week, Kevin J. Martin, the outgoing chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, put the odds of a new deadline at 50-50.
Regulators face a January 2012 deadline to put the heightened regulatory standards in place, but there has been some hope in the financial industry and Congress that decisions about what firms fall under the designation will come sooner.
That would potentially put the next step after a deadline of mid-April when the United States had said it would cut off aid to Egypt if the matter was not resolved.
