Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found . |
| 2 | Furthermore , national liberation could only be supported if it took place in a revolutionary way ( as Marx had argued on Germany and therefore gone on to oppose Bismarck 's route to German unity ) , not leaving ‘ intact the foundations of the power of the ruling class ’ . |
| 3 | The real competition , the old-style conception of the battle for survival , may have taken place , if it took place at all , between the plants that provided the reptiles with their food . |
| 4 | If there is a petition , and winding-up ensues , then s 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986 will void the restructuring , leaving a lender unsecured if it took place after the petition . |
| 5 | The guests he had assembled to meet the Prime Minister included Lord Salisbury , Anglican and hereditary bearer of the conscience of the Conservative peers , Lord Kemsley , Welsh and nonconformist by origin , portentous press lord by achievement , and the Duke of Norfolk , leading Catholic layman , nephew of FitzAlan , and responsible as Earl Marshal for the organization of the Coronation — if it took place . |
| 6 | Frequent judicial intervention is not essential for duty-based controls to be effective , and would if it took place prove extremely costly , but it is necessary that there be a realistic prospect of enforcement . |
| 7 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 8 | It was the finest adventure of all , because it took place in the known world of childhood and , at the same time , released the child from the bondage of illness , old age and the death that adults died . |
| 9 | Manchester/Liverpool rivalry aside , the meeting was important because it took place in a magazine which is a vehicle for the Spandaus , Durans and Marilyns of this world to say ‘ Hey look at me . |
| 10 | In sharing the Reds ' upset win in that national trial he proved a bit of success as a distributor and made two scorching breaks which hinted at a swashbuckling touch to his nature : ‘ I was very keen to make a good impression in the trial because it took place a week after my ‘ B ’ debut against Ireland and I wanted to make up for two particular errors in that game . |
| 11 | The result was a considerable achievement since it took place against a background of strong competition in mature markets and overcapacity in the European agricultural sector . |
| 12 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 13 | A claim had been made for travel outside the normal operating area , a journey which should have been authorised before it took place . |
| 14 | Before it took place , it seemed almost equally likely that the premature end of King Edward 's reign might result , not in the succession of his brother , but in the collapse of the monarchy . |
| 15 | After the changeover he soon and predictably became critical of Chamberlain , but before it took place he seemed wholly unattracted by the game of balancing one possible successor against another . |
| 16 | Prime Minister Guy Razanamasy on July 30 said that he had been made aware of the imminent attempt the day before it took place and that a " foreign power " was responsible . |
| 17 | The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) said Mr Rao was too busy fighting a factional war in his Congress Party to read intelligence reports about the attack days before it took place . |
| 18 | I feel today the excitement of that encounter almost as keenly as I did when it took place over fifty years ago . |
| 19 | The dinner party , when it took place , was a disaster . |
| 20 | ‘ There were obviously a lot of people there when it took place . |
| 21 | Few people noticed the event as it took place in an uninhabited part of Kamchatcka and caused no known casualties . |
| 22 | Although the enclosure movement in all these forms was the last great revolution in the English landscape , radically changing much of the countryside as it took place , it also gave us a landscape which is aesthetically much more pleasing to most people . |
| 23 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 24 | The action that followed was one of the most bizarre that sailing-ships ever fought , for it took place in a November gale that might well have put the whole of both fleets on to the rocks , but it was a complete defeat for the French who lost nine ships while the British lost only two . |