Example sentences of "[prep] place [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gallon container a foot out of place would put everything off balance , so each time the wheelbarrow fell , the dislodged kit had to be re-adjusted . |
| 2 | She described the events of the evening slowly , as if afraid that one word out of place would make Annie more sceptical than ever . |
| 3 | These men were grateful to be working at all , fearful that one foot out of place would end the cash flow that eventually found its way into some remote village on the other side of the Straits of Hormuz . |
| 4 | This is the sort of place would satisfy regulations . |
| 5 | So perhaps pride of place should go to his recording of the Violin Sonata with Jacques Thibaud , that rarefied distillation of Debussy 's genius , and a work where every phantom from his past seems to rise before him . |
| 6 | Pride of place must go to the sea-lion group which produced two pups . |
| 7 | As it rose Edward said thoughtfully , ‘ One gets the impression that this sort of place must cost rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 8 | Pride of place must go to the bathing complexes at Bath , with their normal and curative facilities grouped around the hot springs and the Great Bath . |
| 9 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 10 | Full appreciation of place will involve exploration of the inter-relationships among the physical environment , the built environment , and the people . |
| 11 | The partners are personally responsible for all the affairs of the firm so that whatever system of management is put into place must be subject to their overall supervision . |
| 12 | Just what system is put into place will vary from firm to firm and , indeed , from time to time as particular problems are identified and changes made . |
| 13 | Such technology once in place may signal a new era of competition : for example , it might allow the Chicago exchanges to try to wrest some of the specifically European interest rate and index derivatives away from the Europeans . |
| 14 | I would hope that whatever the County would put in place would encourage the w the , the waste collection authorities currently the district er councils actually to offer at doorstep collection arrangements wo which I believe will substantially increase the amount of , of waste that could be recycled . |
| 15 | A pregnancy with an IUD in place could be ectopic outside the womb . |
| 16 | Britain 's strategy was not just to block the Six , but to have something in place should they succeed in getting their common market off the ground . |
| 17 | A back strap that is too tight will encourage bulges above and below , and a bra that relies on straps rather than shaping to hold breasts in place can cut grooves in your shoulders . |
| 18 | The time difference between pulses emitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver with or without the specimen in place can be measured to the order of 1 ns . |
| 19 | ‘ Employers with work-stations already in place will have four years to make any improvements , providing there is no immediate health or safety risk to employees . |
| 20 | ‘ Ask him when the agents in place will start the anti-liberal operation ? ’ |