Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] place in " in BNC.

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1 The Phoenicians , and in particular the Carthaginians , are still given pride of place in our handbooks for their institutions and their colonization because the Greeks recognized themselves in such things .
2 One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe .
3 Humbrol , the French company that owns Airfix , Britain 's biggest model manufacturer , now gives pride of place in its collection to Tornado , F-16 , Mirage and even AWACS jets — hastily re-packaged as a ‘ Gulf series ’ .
4 Jewelled with moisture , it now had pride of place in my fridge .
5 These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library .
6 However , I found this book immensely valuable , and it will certainly take price of place in my collection of chromatography reference books .
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