Example sentences of "put them at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals . |
| 2 | The farm owners were n't working class , so the ways this put them at a disadvantage is irrelevant . |
| 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 | That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Their high delinquency level also puts them at a further distance . |
| 10 | It puts them at a disadvantage . |