Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] in place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where existing downpipes are sound and disappear into , say , a concrete path , it may be easier to leave them in place and to fit the new system so that the outlet matches up with the top of the existing pipe : 68mm plastic pipe will fit into 2¼ in cast Iron pipe . |
| 2 | ‘ And to think that I had specially brought that card all the way from Croisset and did n't even get to put it in place ! |
| 3 | In January 1991 , the Board looked at the responses to this consultation and used the views of respondents to help shape our new Quality Framework and the development programme which will help to put it in place — the Quality Development Programme — QDP . |
| 4 | It took 2 years to put it in place but I 've had 26 birds on the place . |
| 5 | A legitimate moment to put it in place . |
| 6 | If you are using the divider to separate cichlids or other particularly aggressive fish , it 's wise to leave it in place for a couple of weeks and then only remove the divider at a time when you are likely to be around if trouble occurs . |
| 7 | The Collector and Hookum Singh had their backs to this wall of flesh , with bayonets sprouting from between their legs and under their armpits ; they were shoving and shoving , and they in turn were being shoved by the other Sikhs , who were struggling to keep them in place . |
| 8 | He has little difficulty in pulling summer sheets and other light rugs straight over his head , even if there are straps under his tummy , so at night he has a rug with leg straps to keep it in place . |
| 9 | The filter body sits on a hanger equipped with four of Eheim 's excellent suckers to keep it in place . |
| 10 | Traditionally , the ribbon weave was left loose , but it 's easier to use interfacing to keep it in place . |
| 11 | ‘ Now he has got fascinated by the paper as well , he 's made it look like a field of bridal veils , but it 's going to be difficult to keep it in place when we move it at night . |
| 12 | And here too , you can see how sturdily the once-wandering river Adour has been walled in , to keep it in place . |
| 13 | Although you are here , on the summit , at 9,400 feet , well above the permanent snow line in the Pyrenees , which starts at about 8,500 feet , there is seldom any snow in the summer , because the sides of the mountain are too steep , especially on the north side , to keep it in place . |
| 14 | If the routine of a nap got well established now , then it would be easier to keep it in place later on , when Faye was in the second trimester and feeling deceptively fit and healthy as women usually did in those middle months … |
| 15 | Determined to keep it in place , Nicholas mobilized his troops . |
| 16 | We have been told there should have been clips at the back to keep it in place . |
| 17 | The other type is the roll-all , which opens out to allow you to slot the rods and other items into small pockets stitched along the bottom with tape ties to hold them in place . |
| 18 | They are laid over the existing floor surface ; most are tongued-and-grooved , so only occasional mailing or clipping is required to hold them in place . |
| 19 | The locks the Minoans fitted to their doors were little more than wooden bolts with pegs to hold them in place . |
| 20 | You do not need to stick huge amounts of it onto your works of art to hold them in place . |
| 21 | This , for Nelson , is the soul of Berlioz 's art , the musical equivalent of jeweller setting gemstones in precious metal , not merely to hold them in place , but to show them off to their greatest advantage . |
| 22 | Secure the box to the masonry behind with wallplugs and screws — do n't rely on filler to hold it in place . |
| 23 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 24 | The mirror is placed onto the fixed clips , pushed back against the wall , and the sliding clips are pushed in to hold it in place . |
| 25 | Special covering profiles are available for corner joints and for joining planks , and special edging strips are used to hold it in place . |
| 26 | So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens . |
| 27 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |