Example sentences of "[adj] place [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until then , he was seen in every glossy place around the coasts of Europe , gambling , sailing his expensive yacht , entertaining the rich and famous and surrounded by beautiful women . ’ |
| 2 | And it was perhaps significant that after such a surrender , chief executive Venables was compelled to leave the comfort of the directors ' box to take his old place in the coaches ' dug-out . |
| 3 | Lord Archer occupied an equivocal place within the ranks of the Conservative Party . |
| 4 | They had offered Dalglish an emotional welcome when he emerged before the game and took an unfamiliar place on the visitors ' bench . |
| 5 | As we began to climb there could be no doubt that our destination was to be some place in the hills . |
| 6 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 7 | ( 8 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any person contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 8 | ( 7 ) The holder of the licence for premises to which this section applies shall keep posted in some conspicuous place in the premises a notice stating that this section applies thereto and setting out the effect of its application , and if any licence-holder contravenes this subsection he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 9 | After all , our world would be a very different place without the benefits brought by ICI and the chemical industry . |
| 10 | For many years it has been known that black people are more likely than whites to be admitted to hospital for treatment of mental disorder , more likely to be admitted compulsorily following being arrested in a public place by the police and far more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white people . |
| 11 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |
| 12 | NETWORKING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY PCs all in a row — cost savings take second place to the benefits gained from sharing information |
| 13 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 14 | A country in which respect for law and order takes second place to the problems of some illiterate chocco . ’ |
| 15 | Although I suppose we could say that you 're supporting me , since you employ me , but , unlike the gentleman cads of those sepia-tinted days , you might find you occasionally have to take second place to the demands of your mistress 's work ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ May I remind you that you will frequently have to take second place to the demands of my work ? ’ |
| 17 | She teamed up with Sandra Douglas , Phylis Smith and Jennifer Stoute to take second place in the semis behind the CIS . |
| 18 | Recent opinion polls show that , while Mr Mulroney remained one of Canada 's most unpopular leaders to date , his party had recovered ground and moved ahead of the New Democrats into second place behind the Liberals . |
| 19 | England under Cromwell and Cranmer was now probably a less dangerous place for the Reformers than the Low Countries . |
| 20 | A useful example is the erection in a prominent place of a parents ' notice board where details of sales , wants , baby sitters , child minders , community activities , thank you letters , etc are displayed . |
| 21 | Although recent research appears to raise some uncertainty about the purchase of commissions in the artillery and engineers , purchase certainly had a less prominent place in the promotions in the technical corps . |
| 22 | The issue of private ownership holds a prominent place within the Principles for Legislation . |
| 23 | Effective participation and industrial peace may not be the rule in all companies but this does not mean that the company loses its central place in the lives of its employees . |
| 24 | But the idea of citizenship also had a wider impact , particularly in Eastern Europe , where the assertion of civil and political rights against the political dictatorships had a central place in the doctrines of the opposition movements . |
| 25 | This theme holds a central place in the discussions and analyses of all work undertaken both in College and in schools . |
| 26 | This troublesome invisibility in the material record is often inversely related to its semantic value , and activity which may well have a central place in the police model of reality can well remain beyond the grasp of the outsider . |
| 27 | A controversial free kick was taken in the wrong place , but thanks to Lee Clark , the ball finished in the right place for the Geordies . |
| 28 | Nicol had betaken himself to his due place among the servants , and Tutilo , silent and self-effacing among such distinguished company , was down at the end among the clerks and chaplains , and wary of opening his mouth even there . |
| 29 | That place under the arches . ’ |
| 30 | It was that place underneath the arches in Abbey Street . |