Example sentences of "place in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 work on behalf of refugees took its place in the statute of Amnesty . |
| 2 | These dreadful events took place in the south of Sri Lanka , which is dominated by the majority Sinhalese population . |
| 3 | A sense of mystery and futility is imparted by events at the Grange and on the Ridge , and that sense is heightened by what takes place in the city when the party catches fire and rioting breaks out . |
| 4 | Nicholas Dyer is imagined as the builder of Nicholas Hawksmoor 's churches in the East End of London ; the enlightened edifices of a rational Christianity are thereby ascribed to a devil-worshipper , while the name ‘ Hawksmoor ’ is assigned to the Detective Chief Superintendent who , in the later narrative , frets himself into a delirium over a series of stranglings which takes place in the vicinity of the churches . |
| 5 | If drama schools do not incorporate a stage management course , basic lectures and some participation in production work may take place in the senior terms . |
| 6 | Although you won the BBC radio competition for a place in the BBC Repertory company straight from drama school , you decided to start your career by playing Ophelia in Hamlet at Theatr Clwyd . |
| 7 | ‘ Castle catholics ’ , those who found a place in the Stormont administration and developed a stake in the union , have also voted alliance , but are probably now , in 1989 , switching their allegiance to the newly found conservative associations , which are seeking to bring British party loyalties to Ulster . |
| 8 | The Easter rising of 1916 as an act of national liberation , unquestioned in the dominant catholic — nationalist culture from 1922 until well into the 1960s and 1970s , still holds a cherished place in the hearts of the majority of the people . |
| 9 | A great detective might have considered this an astounding coincidence were it not for the fact that the hostelry was the only place in the whole of King 's Magnum Parva where a lady or a gentleman might obtain a meal . |
| 10 | It is appropriate that their 1991 conference takes place in the UK as the president elect of the association is Derek Malcolm , film critic of The Guardian . |
| 11 | This will be the first time that an introduction to the range of MEDIA initiatives will have taken place in the city . |
| 12 | Crab apples are easily grown from seed , and most of the seedlings are well worth their place in the garden . |
| 13 | These aims have gained a high symbolic place in the public imagination and the institution has set out to prevent and detect acts which are usually subsumed under a generic ( but simplistic ) classification of ‘ crime ’ . |
| 14 | It seems relevant that anthropology be used at this time to contribute to the debate on policing , for since the 1964 Police Act and the preceding Royal Commission which was generated through concern over police practice , the organization has held an increasingly central place in the public imagination . |
| 15 | Not unnaturally one consequence of this reductionism is that action and pragmatism take on an extra dimension in the police mind , holding a special place in the institutional imagination . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , I find Turner 's work on the results of such movement into the liminal state to be a very useful way of interpreting what an insider experiences when he moves to the margins of his own domain , and I suspect that many such transformations across fiercely defended boundaries of cultural experience lend the individual the chance to stand aside and reflect on his subjective place in the order of things . |
| 18 | In an unselfconscious way , it makes a profound statement about him and his place in the world . |
| 19 | Don 's flat , after all those nights at Amanda 's , was not the most welcoming place in the world . |
| 20 | I 'll find a place in the phone book and book a table . ’ |
| 21 | It is true that we can not observe or measure directly mental processes taking place in the brain in the way that we can measure , say , blood flow via a brain scanner . |
| 22 | In particular , perceptual awareness , and so consciousness itself , is identified with certain events taking place in the higher reaches of the central nervous system where a chain of events , collectively described as sensory processing , and originating from the object that is perceived , reaches a terminus . |
| 23 | London was , or should have been , the most exciting place in the world . |
| 24 | Obviously I would have to start re-learning my past and re-discovering my appointed place in the world . |
| 25 | Rather more controversial would be deciding which tournament should take pride of place in the European clay court season leading into Paris . |
| 26 | Pourquery displayed a variety of touch shots and moved with great athleticism about the court , to defeat his net rushing opponent 6–4 6–7 6–2 and earn himself an intriguing place in the final against Hunter . |
| 27 | Clive Green has now taken Robin 's place in the chair . |
| 28 | The person who dies must normally have been resident in the United Kingdom , and the funeral has to take place in the UK . |
| 29 | It is expected that the new system could be in place in the year 1993–94 . |
| 30 | Moreover no matter the size of part each dancer has to play in the unfolding of the plot or the quality of each dancer 's place in the dance design , everything must be mapped in every aspect . |