Example sentences of "place as the " in BNC.
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1 | On present trends , Mexico City 's population will expand to 26 million by the end of the century , retaining its place as the world 's biggest mega-city . |
2 | Patrese , having dropped to sixth , hauled himself back into contention , passing Berger and Alesi ( again ) and was in second place as the pit stops began . |
3 | If one takes everything into account — the shifts in climate which might well remove the United States from its place as the leading ‘ food power ’ and affect the Soviet Union as well , the limited prospects for increased yields , desertification and the steady increase in the global population — it is clear that in the next century large sections of the world 's population will have a very narrow margin between them and starvation . |
4 | Next we come by logical progression to the Queen 's function as a ruler , in the first place as the fount of all honours . |
5 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
6 | Now she was using her pathetic pleading little voice , the one that still could affect him even though he knew she was performing , using all the tricks she used to keep her place as the most important member of her bloody drama group . |
7 | Hodads from Honolulu still think of the place as the Wild West and venture up the H-2 to stare at surfers as if they were herds of buffalo grazing on the sea . |
8 | After the evening when he introduced Atkins , he remained in the background and his place as the latter 's companion was taken by a swarthy newcomer . |
9 | Indeed the kinds of arguments that are mustered ( Jesus did not ordain women and that is a fact , the church has not ordained women and that is a fact , women in all societies have been subordinate to men and that is a fact ) become no arguments at all when we realize the context in which Jesus did what he did , when we know that the biological views on which Thomas Aquinas ' views were founded were false , and live in a world in which ( in our western societies at least ) women are coming to take their place as the equals of men . |
10 | As a result of this belief Eleanor retains her place as the woman who , above all others , symbolizes the new social and cultural pattern of courtly love . |
11 | It was the meeting of martyrdom and militancy that brought their ascension to the top of the manual wages league in the 1970s , and secured them their place as the romantic heroes of the class war . |
12 | Dresser/Harris/Kirk/Saunt took 10th place as the Germans achieved a final win . |
13 | Nevertheless , from the viewpoint of the necessary external analysis , Porter is clearly correct in seeing a rigorous and informed economic analysis of the market place as the most vital element . |
14 | They therefore defined the hazardousness of a place as the complex of conditions which define the hazardous part of a region 's environment . |
15 | Instead of conceiving what had taken place as the best that could be managed in the circumstances , the Treaty had become some sort of model of what needed , come hell or high water , to be put into effect . |
16 | The Lothian FWAG initiative is about to enter its second three year period and I am pleased that the financial support for this is virtually in place as the local authorities individually announce their commitment to the extended funding . |
17 | A huge amount of political and industrial restructuring will have to take place as the east European states shake themselves down into the national structures that most suit their individual aspirations . |
18 | The Democratic Union ( UD ) , part of the governing coalition , lost its place as the largest parliamentary party when on Sept. 20 six deputies , supporters of the right-wing Forum of the Democratic Right group , left the UD . |
19 | He believed that it was the official Opposition and had an undoubted right to take its place as the next in line . |
20 | To this end we have just agreed to sell the Great Tower Street office to an overseas investor for £18.4 million and we shall remain in place as the head tenant . |
21 | Following the success of the event , which we believe was the first of its kind in our field , we intend to hold a number of similar seminars in the future , for export and home-based customers , to confirm 's place as the leading flavour supplier to the crisp and snack industry throughout Europe . |
22 | Almost before Laura could blink her eyes a vigorous pillow-fight seemed to be taking place as the two small girls charged back and forth across the bed , screaming with laughter when they managed to score a hit . |
23 | But Stockton retains pride of place as the company 's headquarters , employing 130 staff . |
24 | THE return of the Tom Bancroft Orchestra confirmed their place as the most adventurous contemporary big band in the country . |
25 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |