Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] place [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time , such services as there were took place behind locked doors . |
| 2 | Even if the observation was not consciously made , Leonard recognised the great similarities which were taking place between music and poetry ( and in art and sculpture , too ) , which went under the name of neo-classicism in the former and modernism in the latter . |
| 3 | The negotiations that were taking place between the health authority and other organizations chiefly involved the other branches of the NHS . |
| 4 | At the time of going to press , behind-the-scenes negotiations were taking place between the National Gallery and the Marquess of Cholmondeley in the hope that a last-ditch solution could be found . |
| 5 | The government responded by carrying out mass arrests of pro-democracy activists , and by the end of February violent confrontations were taking place between demonstrators and the security forces . |
| 6 | On May 10 demonstrators gathered in front of the KGB headquarters , where Nabiyev had taken refuge , and where negotiations were taking place between the government and opposition groups . |
| 7 | Talks with bankers were taking place over the weekend , attempting to reach what one source described as an ‘ elegant solution ’ . |
| 8 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 9 | At 1 p.m. on the twenty-sixth , explosions loud enough to be heard well over 150 kilometres away were taking place at intervals of about ten minutes , and at about 2 p.m. an English ship , 120 kilometres from the scene , sighted a black cloud , rising to an altitude estimated to be about twenty-five kilometres above the volcano . |
| 10 | In mid-1968 , a time of financial difficulty , while urgent discussions were taking place at the highest level on ways to save the party newspapers , the Ministry of Information was trying to find ways of cutting back expenditure on broadcasting and information services . |
| 11 | It was as if things were taking place at a distance , in some dream-like realm . |
| 12 | Cable & Wireless said the transaction was only at a preliminary stage but the talks were taking place on the basis of Hong Kong Telecom 's average price last month . |
| 13 | Meanwhile important changes were taking place on the land . |
| 14 | the story starts with a comprehensive review of the various types of horse drawn transport with some good photographs of the brewery area and London delivery areas — even in the early 1900's experiments were taking place on the transport of beer in bulk using horse and carts for delivery vehicles . |
| 15 | During the design stage , consultations were taking place with , for example , local employers and funders . |
| 16 | In backroom negotiations while similar talks were taking place with the SNP , they demanded one place from Scotland , one from England and one from Wales . |
| 17 | Coun John Rowlands , chairman of Gwynedd Civil Engineering , said talks were taking place with the unions to try to avoid compulsory redundancies . |
| 18 | No longer did the garrison feel that their sufferings were taking place for the amusement of the crowd . |
| 19 | Some small instrumented areas have been selected as representative of particular conditions whereas others were experimental , in which change due to logging or other forms of land use change could be monitored either by change in one basin or by comparison of several areas in which changes were taking place to differing degrees . |
| 20 | In response to the massive changes that were taking place throughout Germany a whole series of patriotic clubs and societies grew up in the 1890s . |
| 21 | Our attention has been drawn to the fact that this could be read as a suggestion that illegal or improper activities were taking place within the club . |
| 22 | But with hindsight , the effects of such works can seem limited in comparison with the impact of other , more structural , changes that were taking place within British culture at the time . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , in addition to these administrative changes , important developments were taking place within the hospitals as knowledge of mental disorder increased . |
| 24 | The fact was that all sorts of strange gear-shifts were taking place within my psyche , and I was eaten up by the morbid drama of Frankenstein . |
| 25 | Similar experiments ( free form , electronics , wild improvisation , collage ) were taking place among the jazz and ‘ straight ’ avant-gardes during this period , and Pink Floyd were undoubtedly influenced by them . |
| 26 | In November 1990 it was reported that discussions were taking place among opposition parties about the formation of a united front to challenge the NDP . |
| 27 | Across the Channel great changes were taking place in Western Europe . |
| 28 | The very changes which were taking place in the physical environment appear to have facilitated the transition to a newer rhythm of urban life . |
| 29 | With her infant 's intuition , Victoria knew that major shifts were taking place in the adult world above her head . |
| 30 | Distinguished historian and NLSC chairman Lord Briggs explains the thinking behind City Lives : ‘ When the NLSC came into existence , changes were taking place in the City that were of national importance , ’ he says . |