Example sentences of "[noun] put [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Istanbul Biennale last autumn , it is the turn of the Greek art dealers to make a bid to put themselves on the international map . |
| 2 | The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement . |
| 3 | The idea is that one does not really accept a universal rule unless an imaginative attempt to put oneself in the place of everyone affected still leaves one happy with it , for only so does one accept the prescription that the action should be done in that case in which it would be oneself rather than the other who was in such a place . |
| 4 | MODEL Jerry Hall put herself in the picture when she opened an art show yesterday . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , David Speedie puts himself in the shop window at St Andrews tonight . |
| 6 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 7 | He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat . |
| 8 | It seemed like an excellent opportunity to put himself to the test , see if his reflexes were as finely honed as they had been in the old days . |
| 9 | The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made . |
| 10 | He found it worth while to put himself to the trouble of finishing touches . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . " |
| 13 | This I think is actually more likely to get people to register to vote , I think regardless of any party affiliation you all have something to benefit from that and I suspect the vast majority of members of the council will see that any well designed leaflet that gets people to put themselves on the register is to the benefit of democracy . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | I always ask shareware users to put themselves in the place of the author . |
| 16 | The artist put himself in the picture ; he is the man with the black beard and cap . |
| 17 | Women compositors did not want equal pay , she wrote , for no girl of sense puts herself on the level of a comp all round but if the division of labour assigns her a task she can perform , what reason is there she should not do so ? |
| 18 | While most top footballers were taking a well-earned rest , Whittingham put himself in the hands of Port Solent manager Avrel Lowe , who helped guide Kriss Akabusi , Roger Black and Todd Bennett glory . |
| 19 | They can also include questions which ask pupils to put themselves in the place of some person in the past . |
| 20 | Empathy is the ability to put yourself in the other person 's shoes and see the situation from their point of view . |
| 21 | Will the Minister put himself in the place of that 15-year-old girl , too frightened to ask anyone for help , alone , desperate and penniless ? |
| 22 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 23 | Unlike most artist-curators , Ms Smith has resisted the temptation to put herself in the show . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | White put himself into the character of Merlyn , passing on to the young king his knowledge of wildlife and hunting . |
| 26 | Gent 's hairstylists Ted Johnston of Continental Hairdressers in Belfast put himself in the cutting chair last week . |