Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] at a disadvantage " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are at a disadvantage in Britain in that we do not have a revolutionary doctrine to preach : a vivid message that promises an unattainable millennium . |
| 2 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
| 3 | because I think that when you look at year eleven we 're at a disadvantage |
| 4 | They are at a disadvantage in the job market because of lower education and training levels , cultural prejudice and domestic responsibilities . |
| 5 | And then they 're at a disadvantage when they have to deal with real life problems . ’ |
| 6 | People have been talking to him about sickness and that if an office has erm people that are off sick a lot more than another office they 're at a disadvantage . |
| 7 | Cos the others are different generations , they 're at a disadvantage cos they 're the same generation Andy |
| 8 | Although it is at a disadvantage to the very deep water berths at Tilbury , Hull and Southampton , which can berth vessels of 25–30,000 tonnes , it still handles similar tonnages ! |
| 9 | Edward , an infrequent attender , complained that he was at a disadvantage , having been to a public school ; the others , who had been to state schools had unfair practice at this sort of thing . |
| 10 | So now he was at a disadvantage , which angered him , and he lost sight of the gratitude he usually summoned up for the stepfather who had spent much of his life obliging his adopted son 's ambition for parents with a big house and a dashing car . |
| 11 | Of course , he had known they would use the Microwave Gun on him ; they always did when he was up in front of somebody , whenever he was at a disadvantage anyway and needed all the help he could get , whenever he was going for an interview for a job , or being asked things by the Social security people or even clerks in the Post Office . |