Example sentences of "[noun prp] [art] place " in BNC.

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1 With the exception of a few short magazine contributions and the revision of the serial The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved for publication in book form , it brought to an end a career in prose fiction which had seen the publication of 14 novels and some 40 stories , and earned Hardy a place among the greatest 19th-century novelists .
2 Such a request was made to Thomas Dundas by four of the councillors of Dunfermline who pressed him to use his interest with Lord Sandwich to get Midshipman Ebenezer Fish serving on board the Warwick a place as a lieutenant of marines , since the marine officers were not required to have the years of sea-service demanded of naval lieutenants .
3 After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court .
4 After netting a lazy backhand to hand Stafford a place in the third round after two hours and 21 minutes Sampras said : ‘ I just felt tired and a little lethargic on court .
5 Evert 's victory left Navratilova knowing that victory over Helena Sukova , the Czech No. 1 , would secure the United States a place in the final for the 18th time in 27 years .
6 Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory .
7 Even in February the place is busy , and deservedly , but its attractions may be a sum of parts rather than the outstanding appeal of the food .
8 But then , was n't Tara the place for travellers , they said .
9 a great save in a penalty shoot-out against Mexico to earn England a place in the semi-finals of the World Youth Cup in Melbourne .
10 Fenella , who had found Tara a place of breathtaking beauty and who would have very much liked to explore it , saw how it gleamed gently against the night and seemed to have some inner radiance of its own .
11 In contrast , Williams put over two of his four to book Swansea a place in the semi-finals .
12 Erm er there 's various parts of the country where this is er suitable , this is a windmill in er Orkney a place called Bungay Hill er that provides electricity for most of the , the main island .
13 Siobhan 's placing in this championship has also gained Ireland a place in the mini-world championships , to be held later this month in Maxime .
14 Well — Boswell and Johnson found Aberdeen a place where conversation had not proved stimulating .
15 Yet Bethlehem the place is no more special , really , than any other place now : because the coming of Christ into our world has sanctified every place , every place becomes holy , where he may be found : your homes , your places of work , and , yes , in a special way , churches like this glorious Cathedral of Wells .
16 The ‘ great windy parlour ’ at the front of the building was soon to become for Coleridge a place in which he felt more at home than in his own tiny cottage , and it was there that he and Poole were later to spend long sociable hours with the Wordsworths , Charles Lamb , Hazlitt and others .
17 it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs …
18 The win gives Cardiff a place in the European Clubs ' Championships next year , with Swansea gaining a place in the Cup-Winners ' Cup .
19 Charlemagne represents the universal theme of the poem , and the centre of the loyalties of its characters ; and Turpin the place of the Church in its rather crude scheme of Christian idealism ; but the central figure is undoubtedly Roland .
20 ‘ Actually , without Sarella the place would n't be as successful as it is , ’ he confessed generously .
21 thought Africa no place for that grubby
22 They went to Morocco over the 1952 Christmas period , partly because Paul Bowles ' The Sheltering Sky had made Morocco and especially Tangiers the place to go .
23 Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season .
24 Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the board , that he would make his decision at the end of this season .
25 I mean , the mountain is usually referred to as Mount Ararat , is n't it , I did n't know , several of them , erm , is Ararat the place where the mountains were , or is it actually the name of the mountains .
26 Eastleigh are without a league point to their name , with Alton a place above them on five points .
27 Welsh international Barry Horne earned Southampton a place in the sixth round of the FA Cup when scoring after 108 minutes in a pulsating replay at The Dell .
28 Welsh international Barry Horne earned Southampton a place in the sixth round of the FA Cup when scoring after 108 minutes in a pulsating replay at The Dell .
29 But I know this ; if it is going to work , there is no argument that denies Britain a place at the leading edge of what is happening .
30 It is designed to make Europe a place where movement from one country to the next is as easy as possible .
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