Example sentences of "a place [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those circumstances does he think that there is a place for a new organ donor card , which has to be countersigned by next of kin ? |
| 2 | If so , you could be in line to win a place on a 10-month MBA course at INSEAD , courtesy of Arthur Andersen and Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 3 | The decision by the Post Office 's powers-that-be to deny the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped , a place on a planned series of commemorative postage stamps in 1994 — the centenary of his death — has angered a group of members of the Robert Louis Stevenson Society . |
| 4 | The final fall-back position for this group of very hard to place unemployed people should be the offer of a place on a temporary work scheme . |
| 5 | A lot can be learned about a place on a long Sunday morning run . |
| 6 | Rank Xerox estimates the cost of replacing an executive exceeds £300,000 whereas a place on a typical stress management course is between £200 and £3,000 for an executive . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I had to fight for a place on a packed plane and , after much pleading , they finally knocked someone off their list . |
| 8 | Moreover , a serious disadvantage is that a student enrolling for a Dip.HE course is not guaranteed , in every case , that on successful completion of the course he will secure a place on a subsequent degree course . |
| 9 | The local authority to which he applied refused to provide the necessary grant , and the person was sadly compelled to turn down a place on a one-year post-graduate course which had already been offered to him . |
| 10 | He was sentenced to two years in prison , and was ordered to pay back to the state several thousand Swiss francs which he had used illegally to arrange a place at a Swiss university for Zhivkov 's grandson [ see p. 38017 ] . |
| 11 | At various points in the early 1980s consideration was given by the Conservatives to the idea of introducing a ‘ voucher ’ system , designed to enable parents to exercise their choice by ‘ buying ’ a place at a particular school . |
| 12 | So doing the foundation course here gives me the chance to get a place at a Czech University . |
| 13 | Fortunately , I noticed that he had been given a place at a different school from his older brother and that it was actually a matter of filling in the appeal form requesting a place at another school . |
| 14 | He found a place through a reputable lettings agency . |
| 15 | That 's in a place with a 10,000 population . |
| 16 | On a part of Blakerigg at the foot of the gill from Blea Tarn there was a place with a fine echo , and Green imagined ‘ Music amid such wilds ! ah ! how charming , plaintive solos on the clarinet or flute would have a fine effect amongst such rocks , which during the intervals of rest , would echo back the melancholy notes in soft reverberations , and produce in the mind a union of the most pleasing sensations . ‘ |
| 17 | to find a place in a coherent whole , which relates to the concerns of the world about us . |
| 18 | In 1687 , when James II was trying to conciliate Dissenters in order to win toleration for Catholics , Bunyan was offered a place in a reconstructed Bedford Town Corporation , which he refused . |
| 19 | He expects a place in a Labour cabinet : Chief Whip for a short time , perhaps , then a portfolio of his own ‘ something where I could really help the North . ’ |
| 20 | Therefore , you must arrange with the hospital for a place in a convalescent home for the post-operative phase . |
| 21 | CASE STUDY 2.1 A newly blind old woman living alone was referred by her next door neighbour for a place in a residential home . |
| 22 | The decision to apply for a place in a residential care home is very often a traumatic one , whether it is a planned or an emergency admission . |
| 23 | However , before proceeding , it is important to note the way in which diverse and sometimes contradictory theories — together with their associated methods — find a place in a broader entity . |
| 24 | And finally a 40 strong choral group from Oxford have been singing their hearts out today in a bid to win a place in a national competition . |
| 25 | By Echo reporter A TEENAGER with a flair for cookery has tasted success by beating 3,000 young people to win a place in a national contest . |
| 26 | They were considering the possibility of a place in a special school for children with moderate learning difficulties which could offer ‘ smaller classes and more individual attention ’ . |
| 27 | Emergency admissions develop a momentum of their own , not least because in some areas it seems the only way to get a place in a local authority residential home ( Sinclair , 1988b ) . |
| 28 | The " Spicer Report " , based upon discussions with some 300,000 Canadians over an eight-month period following the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord , recommended ( i ) the recognition of Quebec as a unique province , but one which had a place within a federal Canada ; ( ii ) an independent review of the official policy of bilingualism ; ( iii ) the fair treatment of native land claims and the institution of self-government for aboriginal peoples ; ( iv ) a reduction of government funding of multiculturalism ; and ( v ) the reformation or abolition of the Senate ( the non-elected upper chamber of the federal legislature ) . |