Example sentences of "put [pron] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals .
2 My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage .
3 The Peacock Committee was convinced that it was no longer possible to recommend ‘ no change ’ to either the licence fee system or the funding structure of broadcasting as a whole ; the differences between the two sources of revenue would create recurring crises for the BBC and put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to the ITV structure .
4 Yes it 's been understood that it was a routing thing to put them at the right side of Southwell to drive through the middle of it .
5 The market had expected Thames , Severn Trent and North West to be listed , putting them at an immediate investment advantage to the rest of the sector .
6 That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen .
7 Efforts by the EC to introduce a tax last year were frustrated by the Bush administration 's opposition to the concept which European industrialists claimed would put them at an unfair disadvantage in world markets .
8 Their high delinquency level also puts them at a further distance .
9 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 .
10 If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer .
11 A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere .
12 As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’
13 Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself .
14 ‘ It puts us at a great disadvantage playing at Selhurst Park .
15 ‘ By pushing the boat out unilaterally , ’ says Weir Group 's Ron Garrick , ‘ the Government has put us at a severe disadvantage compared with our German and American counterparts .
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