Example sentences of "put [pron] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't sound quite so good when you put it at that sort of level , cause it puts a school at risk , but of course there 's no reason why a county council should n't borrow considerably more than this council does , looked at on accounting principle , unless I 'm wrong , and Mr I 'm going to call in a minute , will correct me if I am . |
| 2 | For every Western aid worker , there are at least five Somali aid workers who , like Hawa the nurse , put themselves at greater risk , work longer hours for little or no money , and provide a body of local people who may be able to continue their work in health care or administration after the fighting is over . |
| 3 | EIGHTEEN large American companies , are now testing prospective employees for genetic traits that might put them at special risk in their work . |
| 4 | The scores also illustrated a recurring problem on this sevens tour — the Scots ' physique puts them at great disadvantage in terms of weight of tackle . |
| 5 | They tell us that they only do dope occasionally , a factor that potentially puts them at greater risk . |
| 6 | Some put him at average height , others said he was a tall man . |
| 7 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 8 | Apparently , the DEC , Hewlett-Packard and IBM DCE ports do not interoperate , and OSF is more than fretful that users will find this out , putting it at severe risk . |
| 9 | Recent estimates of the size of the slick put it at 2.5m-3m barrels of oil , not the 7m-barrel monster that had been feared . |
| 10 | He puts it at 370 curies ( the NRPB now guesses at 150 curies ) . |
| 11 | I think there is a lot of immaturity in it and selfishness , putting yourself at great risk for a photograph , selfish in the sense of your family ; I 'm not so much worried about me as about the effect it will have on my parents , my children or my wife . |