Example sentences of "[pers pn] at a disadvantage " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do n't turn your body to face your opponent directly you will succeed only in placing both of you at a disadvantage . |
| 2 | Your child knows , or thinks , she has put you at a disadvantage by her highly cunning tactics : you are made vulnerable by her highly visible ( indeed , audible ) tantrums and disobedience in public places , whether in supermarkets , on public transport , at the park , during a church service or a visit to the doctor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And er he 's already he 's already got you at a disadvantage , by er er you 're on the move and he 's waiting for you . |
| 5 | He feels it would put him at a disadvantage . |
| 6 | AJR procedure incorporates certain procedural protections for public bodies and the rule that a claimant asserting public law interests can only use AJR procedure puts him at a disadvantage which is justifiable only on the assumption that public law interests do not matter as much as private law rights and , therefore , do not deserve as much legal protection . |
| 7 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 8 | But that put him at a disadvantage according to the flatty rules Daine had strung himself with . |
| 9 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 10 | He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage . |
| 11 | How could he do this to her — forever turning up when he was least expected and always managing to catch her at a disadvantage ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm afraid , gentlemen , you have me at a disadvantage . |
| 13 | ‘ You have me at a disadvantage , Charlie . |
| 14 | And the nature of the department store — stocking a little bit of everything — puts them at a disadvantage compared with more specialised retailers when it comes to exerting leverage over suppliers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It puts them at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Maureen Stone 's arguments that multicultural education is based on a deprivation model of black children explain how multiracial education may actually be placing them at a disadvantage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The farm owners were n't working class , so the ways this put them at a disadvantage is irrelevant . |