Example sentences of "put [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions .
2 ( 5 ) In breach of their fiduciary duties they put themselves in a position where there was a conflict between their duty to the plaintiff to inform him and their personal interest in ensuring that they obtained commission on both Vertigo and Caliban. ( 6 ) As a consequence ( a ) the plaintiff was entitled to damages for breach of contract and fiduciary duties ; ( b ) the defendants , being in breach of their fiduciary duties as agents , were not entitled to their commission .
3 But how do rational agents put themselves in a position of being able to anticipate changes in the money stock ?
4 advice is taking people off , with , in the knowledge that they will not necessarily , er , er , er put themselves in a straight-jacket .
5 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 .
6 Put yourself in the position of one of the bystanders on the path of Christ 's passion : Are you not moved to tears of remorse by the only Begotten Son of God , who for you and all mankind , in his innocence , was seized , dragged along , blindfolded , mocked , spat upon , crowned with thorns , finally hanged between thieves on the cross ? …
7 Try and put yourself in the employer 's place , or perhaps in the place of one of the people you may be dealing with as the employer 's representative .
8 Put yourself in the position of a potential attacker and you will see how effective they are .
9 ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you .
10 Put yourself in the hands of our experts , who will transform your hair and make-up and let you try on the latest fashions .
11 Put yourself in the shoes of your customers .
12 Put yourself In the shoes of your colleagues .
13 Put yourself in the shoes of the union representatives with whom you deal .
14 put yourself in the position of either the long-wave or world-system approach to assess how they would view the regulationist approach , its account of structural changes in the UK economy and its changing international position .
15 Put yourself in the position of a financial adviser , for the couple that you see , these are all theoretical couples obviously , theoretical individuals , and just jot down on this the sort t .
16 you , if you put yourself in the position of a burglar , and y you 're already , you 've done it , you 're already making choices .
17 Put yourself in the shoes of your audience , says CBI chief
18 Howard Davies , director general of the CBI and the new Communicator of the Year , had some useful advice for communicators when he received his trophy during the BAIE convention : put yourself in the shoes of your audience .
19 Put yourself in the position of the children .
20 Put yourself in the in the shoes of the Sanhedrin , they did n't know what he was talking about , they 're probably talking literally .
21 You put yourself in the right mental state and adopt the persona that 's needed . ’
22 But , John , put yourself in the customer 's shoes , and my wife 's one of your customers .
23 Put yourselves in the position of an officer .
24 Put yourselves in the client 's position : what would you judge as a quality , desirable service ?
25 It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice .
26 IMAGINE the reaction if , say , Ladbroke came to its shareholders and said : ‘ The Government have decreed that we will have to rebid for our betting licence in 1992 , and to put ourselves in a better position to win it we are taking on borrowings equal to our equity and giving our managers around 15 per cent of the company . ’
27 The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’
28 We need to put ourselves in the other person 's shoes . ’
29 a person in a fiduciary position … is not … entitled to make a profit ; he is not allowed to put himself in a position where his interest and duty conflict .
30 Clause 8 provides the necessary precautionary provision to prevent the buyer claiming that he has the right to intellectual property arising out of any development work which the seller has had to effect in order to put himself in a position to supply the goods under the contract .
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