Example sentences of "have [verb] place [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychology is no more the name of an unique body of theory or inquiry and in physics Newton has given place to Einstein . |
| 2 | ‘ Race suicide is possible ’ , exclaimed an anonymous commentator on ‘ Sport and Decadence ’ in 1909 , while another author writing under the cloak of anonymity warned in 1912 of ‘ a canker at the heart of the people which will surely destroy it ’ , believing that ‘ the first stage of decay has already been reached when the stolid , God-fearing puritan of two-and-a-half centuries ago has given place to the shallow , hysterical cockney of today ’ . |
| 3 | The reason , quite simply , is that architects find work where the market for their skill is most lucrative , and in Britain that tends to be on sites where intensive development has taken place for generations , particularly the commercial centres and inner suburbs of big cities . |
| 4 | No further work has taken place for a number of weeks , the barriers have fallen down , one of the warning lights has been thrown into the river and another has been thrown into the hedge several times . |
| 5 | Since the Soweto uprisings of 1976 a lot has taken place for the younger people . |
| 6 | The funeral has taken place for murdered garage worker Richard Miles . |
| 7 | The latter change is not entirely due to agriculture , as much building development has taken place on the Downs . |
| 8 | The role of step-parents can be hard , especially if the problems have not been foreseen and the marriage has taken place on a powerful wave of emotion and little else . |
| 9 | Far less argument has taken place on the subject of broadcasting which is almost entirely government-controlled and where that control is usually direct . |
| 10 | The process will take about half an hour , will require two reels of tape and will be initiated by the Computer Services Department operator at 08.00 , whenever a transfer to the Working-Set has taken place on the previous night . |
| 11 | Redecoration has taken place on all floors . |
| 12 | Most of mining has taken place on greenfield sites , and the quality of restoration and aftercare rarely compensates for the loss of visual appeal or wildlife habitat of the land sacrificed for so- called cheap energy . |
| 13 | Mr and Mr , quite rightly as a matter of fact , suggest that er most of the employment development over the last ten years has taken place on the north side of York . |
| 14 | But such union-government bargaining has taken place on a wide range of issues ; for example , over new investment in poorer regions ( e.g. Eisenhammer 1985 : 42–4 ) , rescue bids for ailing private sector companies ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 82 ) , extension of union participation in management ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 15 | The government 's development thrust has been furthered : a great deal of construction has taken place to the benefit of developers and major building companies . |
| 16 | In the first place , instead of searching for the long-term consequences of early family experiences , a switch has taken place to the study of immediate effects . |
| 17 | Brushes : Considerable development has taken place with these tools . |
| 18 | No analysis is begun , therefore , before a substantial amount of preliminary enquiry and discussion has taken place with those having ‘ hands on ’ involvement in the activity to be studied . |
| 19 | This is done when some identifiable change takes place , perhaps in the law or in social policy , and the researcher studies its effects by comparing the before-and-after situation or the situation in a group where the change has taken place with one where it has not . |
| 20 | In Europe , at the time of writing , only the German launch has taken place with most major European countries to follow . |
| 21 | Graham said : ‘ People are generally happy with the new premises and the move has taken place with the minimum of disruption for the service we provide to schools . |
| 22 | The change appears to be a genuine evolutionary development that has taken place with unusual rapidity . |
| 23 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 24 | If however the shares of each party have never been determined , then at least proper service of the notice of severance ensures that severance has taken place with the advantage as mentioned earlier ( see p51 ) . |
| 25 | Erm we have put forward an alternative er mechanism for environmental discounts and er I can say by at this stage , by reference to the erm critique that has taken place of that of those environmental discounts in N Y eleven , that erm , while we would n't go along with making anywhere near the the additions that are suggested there , erm it may be that it would be sensible to make a further discount in respect of the heritage coast . |
| 26 | The funeral has taken place of the toddler , James Bulger , on Merseyside . |
| 27 | The funeral has taken place of Earl Spencer who died of a heart attack at the weekend . |
| 28 | The funeral has taken place of a student who died in a mysterious barn fire nine months ago . |
| 29 | The funeral has taken place of a pilot whose Spitfire crashed onto a runway at an airshow , exploding into flames . |
| 30 | The funeral has taken place of the security guard who was killed trying to stop a raid . |