Example sentences of "putting [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Yeah the firework systems supposed to be the centre of the Red Vase designs , we 're putting ourselves in a considerable disadvantage in not visiting and influencing these Red Vase Designs .
2 It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy .
3 Then I realized he was putting himself into the part .
4 As Russia 's only properly elected leader ever , he should hesitate before putting himself outside the law .
5 On the next day a pardon was offered to the rebels , who withdrew from the city , although their leader Cade remained under arms , putting himself outside the scope of the pardon , and was killed on 12 July .
6 Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ?
7 ‘ More than twenty thousand , mein Fuhrer , ’ said Buhle , putting himself at the top of the class .
8 In June 1915 my father commented : " I am coming to the conclusion that the heir to the throne of Solomon is at heart a Moslem and is entertaining dreams of one day putting himself at the head of the Mohammadan Abyssinians , and of producing a Moslem kingdom that will stretch far beyond the frontiers of his present Empire . "
9 Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo .
10 ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution .
11 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
12 Dr Philip Myerscough , of Edinburgh University , said putting himself in the shoes of the consultant looking after Debra Busuttil he would have induced labour .
13 But since such progress is conceived as immanent to musical history itself , independent of variants of musical practice , social usage and reception , the theory moves dangerously close to a hypostasis of technique ; at the very least it confines the relationship between musical and social structures to the level of the longue durée , since at that level society is ‘ encapsulated ’ in music , while in between , music 's ‘ autonomous unfoldment … follows the social dynamics without a glance or any direct communication ’ ( ibid : 206–7 ) , still less putting itself at the service of particular social subjects .
14 Uniplex is putting itself in a position to do that internally with the acquisition three weeks ago of IMI Consulting , a $2.3m Connecticut-based subsidiary of Uniplex 's $1,500m parent company IMI Plc specialised in downsizing , gateways , SNA and big computing environments .
15 Uniplex is putting itself in a position to do that internally with the acquisition three weeks ago of IMI Consulting , a $2.3m Connecticut-based subsidiary of Uniplex 's $1,500m parent company IMI plc specialised in downsizing , gateways , SNA and big IT environments .
16 the no conflict rule — a conglomerate owes a duty as fiduciary to avoid putting itself in a position where its own interests conflict with that of its clients ;
17 But not too many of those who reckoned she should be pitting herself alongside the professionals recognised that she was putting herself through a far tougher ordeal by playing in a junior championship where she had everything to lose , nothing to gain .
18 But I accepted what G.K. Chesterton had put so well in 1911 : ‘ A woman putting up her fists at a man is a woman putting herself in the one position which does not frighten him . ’
19 But then she remembered what the wise old turtle had told her about putting herself in the dog 's place , and doing what she would want to have done to her .
20 Where Macbeth had been concealed or opaque to Duncan , and was thus in a superior position , manipulating him by pretence , we now see Lady Macbeth putting herself in the dominant position , planning to manipulate her husband : Macbeth is now transparent to her , and she to us .
21 By ‘ Putting Herself in the Picture ’ she put her audience in the picture , and we are indebted to her for that .
22 It would mean putting herself in the hands of a complete stranger , a stranger who might even be involved in Puddephat 's murder .
23 Putting themselves to the test … grasstrack racers go for gold .
24 By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ?
25 An honest ‘ airing ’ may entail managers putting themselves on the line for criticism as it is clear that the inefficiency of a manager can in itself be a cause for tension in a bureau .
26 PEOPLE from a housing estate have been putting themselves on the map — and others have the unnerving prospect of coming face to face with themselves .
27 With strong evidence to show that children under the age of two are at considerable risk from passive smoking , smokers are putting themselves at a disadvantage because agencies can select from equally suitable candidates who do not smoke . ’
28 Now I 've got to sort out all the people who persist in putting themselves into the wrong bedrooms … ’
29 Ironically , it ended just as the Giants were putting themselves into the play-off hunt with a 27–7 victory over the Green Bay Packers for their third straight win .
30 Retiring partners would still have the difficulty of disposing of their shares on retirement and putting themselves within the scope of retirement relief .
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