Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] put [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen . |
| 3 | A column was the rubric under which the writer could put anything at all . |
| 4 | It was better , but not a lot , and McLeish who knew her to be in her late fifties decided any casual observer would put her at nearer seventy . |
| 5 | Drug use can put us at risk of getting or passing on HIV through unsafe sex and through sharing works |
| 6 | An experienced interviewer would put you at your ease beforehand and would know how to ask questions to the best advantage . |
| 7 | However , there are two groups of women whose marital status can put them at risk of poverty in old age because of their inability to qualify for dependants ' benefits . |
| 8 | The Senator also proposed an interim bureaucratic manoeuvre to head off the seminar : ‘ I genuinely fear that if the seminar is held the VEC will put itself at risk because you are giving a platform to people who are not sincere . |