Example sentences of "put [pers pn] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . |
| 2 | If mixing causes difficulties , will the dementia sufferers gain from a segregated day centre or segregated days in a day centre or hospital , or will this merely put them at a disadvantage ? b Literature Arie ( 1979 ) states that we need to know more of the pros and cons of integration in day hospitals . |
| 3 | However , when planning we need to make sure that people are compensated for disruption in a way that does not put them at a disadvantage . |
| 4 | That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen . |
| 5 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 6 | Even though your school may not have the most modern and well equipped building set in extensive playing fields serving a prosperous suburb this need not put you at a great disadvantage in marketing the school . |
| 7 | You can use a stronger line which is less likely to be cut ; but , inevitably its extra weight and drag will put you at a disadvantage in terms of manoeuvrability . |
| 8 | If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer . |
| 9 | He feels it would put him at a disadvantage . |