Example sentences of "put [pron] at [art] " 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 Parys " put himself at the disposal of " Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , which was interpreted as a resignation offer , but Olszewski gave him leave of absence , appointing Romuald Szeremietiew , Parys 's deputy , as acting Defence Minister .
3 Ruth now put him at no more than five-and-twenty .
4 But that put him at a disadvantage according to the flatty rules Daine had strung himself with .
5 Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time .
6 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
7 In the 1470s the closest parallel is to be found in the north midlands , where Hastings ' possession of the key duchy of Lancaster offices put him at the head of the royal connection in the region .
8 He thought he had the upper hand while she was trapped here , and he was right — it made her feel awkward and uneasy , put her at a disadvantage .
9 As Calum Davidson of Highlands & Islands Enterprise put it at a recent Open Forum conference , ‘ In the south of Scotland , in Silicon Glen , the Scottish workforce use their skills to produce IT equipment for their world .
10 As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’
11 But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table .
12 Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself .
13 As one director put it at the time : ‘ I will not allow my social workers , one of whose core values is honesty , to go into people 's houses and behave in a fundamentally deceitful way ’ .
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