Example sentences of "place [pn reflx] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Pynchon , he has admitted an influence from Kerouac and the Beats , and , in his 1973 article ‘ The New Tradition ’ , Sukenick places himself within a late phase of the modernists ' ‘ Revolution of the Word ’ where verbal and structural experimentation were aimed at coping with the enigmatic nature of the world ( Federman 1975 : 42 ) . |
| 2 | It thus appears that the formulators of the received tradition , with the exception of Mustakimzade ( who nevertheless provides the basis for the view taken by the later authors ) , have , by ignoring clear statements in the sources which they themselves use in regard to Abdulkerim , placed themselves in an untenable position also in regard to the dating of the Muftiliks of both Molla Husrev and Molla Arab . |
| 3 | Placing himself in an illustrious line of critics he pointed out that the Pharisees did not escape the sharp edge of Jesus 's tongue for their ‘ self righteousness ’ and ‘ judgemental ’ attitudes . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely you must realize that I have placed myself in a difficult position ? |
| 5 | It was assumed that parishes , very largely the agricultural villages of the southern and eastern cereal regions , who were using Speenhamland-like systems of poor relief , had placed themselves on a vicious spiral of soaring poor rates and were progressively increasing the very poverty they sought to relieve . |
| 6 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 7 | In leading the transformation of the EEC , Britain would place herself in a true sense at the heart of Europe . |