Example sentences of "[num] [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | I referred in Chapter 2 to the firm place in the curriculum now occupied by the TVEI scheme , and to the 1986 Government White Paper Working Together : Education and Training . |
| 2 | And 21 of the alternative places identified by Ann Widdecombe , parliamentary secretary for social security , are actually in a North Tyneside hostel set aside for women only . |
| 3 | But if it was many-one in the first place . |
| 4 | In terms of representation , the Scottish party is well ahead of the rest of the UK , with women taking ten of the 35 places on its executive . |
| 5 | Twelve , thirteen , yeah cos he used to be on ten at the old place and he gets about two thousand more |
| 6 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 7 | A high score in a series of heats had to be accumulated to guarantee a good semi-final position , and qualify for one of the six places in the final . |
| 8 | It is one of the remotest places in the British Isles … for forty years it has been the victim of a real topographical tragedy … a manufacturing town of 50,000 people where a rural centre of 20,000 would have been sufficient . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a marvellous life , and Balmoral is one of the best places in the world . ’ |
| 10 | One of the best places to rummage for these antiques is Antarctica . |
| 11 | It has made this country one of the best places in which to live , work and bring up our children . |
| 12 | He thought one of the best places for meditation was ‘ by a rustic hearth and an old cradle with a baby in it , by a window overlooking a delicate green cornfield and the waving of alder bushes . ’ |
| 13 | They all the Harlow , one of the best places they know . . |
| 14 | One of the best places to get experience before going into public relations is in the marketing department of a company . |
| 15 | Erm again beech was doing much better in and the scotch pine , one of the best places for scotch pine and beech . |
| 16 | One of the best places to go is the Edinburgh Room not only because of its wide variety of subjects but also because of the choice of sources , as there is not only books but slides , photos , maps and much more . |
| 17 | That was one of the stopping places . |
| 18 | Corfu , with its long sandy beaches , clear blue water and verdant mountain backdrop was one of the first places in Greece to be ‘ discovered ’ . |
| 19 | The amount of rain that was falling made this sure to be one of the first places to flood , and though the cubs were growing fast , they were still too small to cope with flood conditions . |
| 20 | I think your G P is maybe one of the first places to go but the trouble , I think , with people with eating problems is it 's very hard to explain what the problem is . |
| 21 | In fact , when a hotel or catering establishment decided to update its kitchen equipment , one of the first places that is often targeted for changes is the method of cooking . |
| 22 | Mill Road Hospital was one of the many places hit and Maureen was injured there , fortunately only slightly , and taken to another hospital . |
| 23 | It was one of the loneliest places on earth , and he had never stood there . |
| 24 | It is one of the wilder places on earth and contains rainforest , and boa constrictors . |
| 25 | Mm , I do n't think so but er he 's had an awful struggle with that because he said Buckley 's one of the worse places and no interest at all |
| 26 | Cos it one of the new places . |
| 27 | After the Equine swimming pool or one of the other places of special interest , a visit to one of the many private training stables in the town is followed by a guided tour of either the National Stud or one of the world famous Studs in the area . |
| 28 | Bed is one of the prime places where you can lie without getting caught , where you can holler and grunt in the dark and later boast about your ‘ performance ’ . |
| 29 | It was one of the only places that you could get banjo strings to put on the top , because in the old days you could n't get thin guitar strings . |
| 30 | It 's one of the major places of low temperature research in the country . |