Example sentences of "put them at [art] [adj] " 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 | Yes it 's been understood that it was a routing thing to put them at the right side of Southwell to drive through the middle of it . |
| 3 | The market had expected Thames , Severn Trent and North West to be listed , putting them at an immediate investment advantage to the rest of the sector . |
| 4 | That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen . |
| 5 | Efforts by the EC to introduce a tax last year were frustrated by the Bush administration 's opposition to the concept which European industrialists claimed would put them at an unfair disadvantage in world markets . |