Example sentences of "place [prep] a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legitimacy of present-day regimes depends to an overwhelming extent , and has so depended since the end of the Second World War , upon the effective promotion of a high rate of economic growth ; and if that rate becomes increasingly difficult to sustain , and tends to decline , as a result of both social and physical limits to growth , what will take its place as a legitimating purpose for governments ? |
| 2 | However , it was found only necessary for repairs to be made and the spire remains in place as a valuable landmark for passing shipping . |
| 3 | Therefore , you must arrange with the hospital for a place in a convalescent home for the post-operative phase . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |