Example sentences of "it place [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it places little emphasis on sheer physical strength , kung fu is a discipline open to young and old alike . |
| 2 | In the first place it places great stress on individual responsibility . |
| 3 | It emphasises lengthy and direct involvement with one 's subjects , sometimes over a period of years ; it places great stress on the recording of actual speech ; and it stresses the need to consider the apparently trivial , the story behind the story , the background that is normally omitted from conventional journalism . |
| 4 | It places high worth on loyalties — employee , customer , social — and sets a compassionate state at the centre of these values , providing both decent social provision and a regulated environment for fair competition . |
| 5 | Their trip was sponsored by a number of organisations , including LASMO , which was particularly keen to support the trip , as it places considerable emphasis on supporting environmental initiatives . |
| 6 | IBM moved towards sales rather than renting ; it placed greater emphasis on software ; it invested massively in automated factories . |
| 7 | The disadvantages of the Article were that it was perceived as dealing with ‘ representational ’ issues that were out of place in the Convention , that it undercut the position of non-liability of member States for treaties concluded by organisations , and that it placed excessive emphasis on the exceptional situation of the European Communities . |
| 8 | When the North Tyneside District Labour Party drew up a programme of objectives for the new authority in 1973 , it placed considerable emphasis on new house building . |