Example sentences of "put them at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farm owners were n't working class , so the ways this put them at a disadvantage is irrelevant . |
| 2 | He said he 'd put them at a friend 's house for safe keeping , and the friend just happened to have gone away on holiday . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It puts them at a disadvantage . |
| 8 | This puts them at an advantage in terms of trading within the EC , and within a Europe whose centre of gravity is shifting steadily eastwards . |