Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 9 mujaheddin sources in Islamabad , the Pakistan capital , acknowledged that government forces had retaken the Bagram air base , but claimed that " renewed " fighting between the rebels and government troops was taking place in the northern provinces of Balkh and Konduz . |
| 2 | One of the frequent mass meetings attended by workers was taking place . |
| 3 | Quite remarkably , within the space of a few months , the industry reshaped and refashioned itself in advance of 27 October 1986 , the day on which the deregulation of commissions was to take place . |
| 4 | A meeting of university presidents was taking place in Beijing , prompted by student unrest in June ( which will be looked at in the next chapter ) , and they were considering the effects that ‘ Heshang ’ might have . |
| 5 | She had entered the world in the January of what would prove to be a notorious year down in Stepney : a series of brutal murders was to take place on Ratcliff Highway , a major road which ran to the south of Well Close Square and right past St George 's church itself . |
| 6 | He again argued that cities were themselves the cauldron in which the transition from the old to the new societies was taking place ; and , crucially , cities were themselves actively generating a new way of life . |
| 7 | Under the surface of an everyday conversation a duel of two astute minds was taking place . |
| 8 | A PROFOUND shift away from the Tory Party among women voters was taking place , but many women still believed the Labour Party was too male-dominated , Clare Short warned the conference yesterday . |
| 9 | Several people voiced the suspicion that a frantic battle of the sound systems was taking place as companies vied to attract more customers . |
| 10 | At the same time a revolution in mental attitudes was taking place : like Wordsworth , Coleridge was disillusioned by Napoleon 's conquests . |
| 11 | So for both Claybury and Friern a considered process of local planning within the respective area health authorities was taking place in the late 1970s . |