Example sentences of "[pers pn] an [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt if their theses eventually appear they will contradict my oversimplified ideas on the matter , but this seems to me an ideal place to demonstrate " event stratigraphy " . |
| 2 | Where the two offices were united in one structure , Angell and Pownall seem to have given them an equal place on the Foreign Office and War Department lists , no doubt thinking that the implementation of the project would be considerably easier if the same architect were carrying out both offices . |
| 3 | Coleridge tells us that after he ‘ had successively studied in the schools of Locke , Berkeley , Leibnitz , and Hartley and could find in none of them an abiding place for [ his ] reason ’ ( Biographia Literaria , ix ) he discovered in Germany the writings of ‘ the illustrious sage of Koenigsberg ’ : Immanuel Kant . |
| 4 | EVER since I saw David Bellamy disappearing down a crack in a garden path to demonstrate that we all had our own ‘ personal schooool of evolution ’ close at hand , I have been prepared to concede him an eternal place among the inexorably tenacious . |
| 5 | Its varied character , bird life and rich ground flora , including wild daffodils , make it an enchanting place . |
| 6 | She had made it an attractive place , beautifully decorated with light paint , and furnished with old pieces picked up at auctions with taste and considerable knowledge of antiques . |
| 7 | There are some special features about the Klasies River Mouth site , which this book draws attention to , that give it an important place on maps of the prehistoric world . |
| 8 | It was an admirable venture and most of the Girls found it an exciting place to stay . |
| 9 | Aden was the right place for forward operating facilities , but its scorching barren rocks and unhealthy climate made it an unattractive place in which to station Army and RAF units of the Strategic Reserve . |