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

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1 ‘ It would be difficult to imagine a less likely looking place for the continuation of the great trade route into Chinese Turkestan .
2 His supporters , Baldwin said , thought that he should meet Parliament , ‘ and that former precedent did not apply in this instance , in which the question at issue was one concerning not two but three Parties , and that the House of Commons was the proper place for the choice of the Electorate to be made known ’ .
3 There seemed to be no place for the concept of a human soul sustained by a divine being , which exists in other religions , independently of the Christian accretion of the Man-God and suffering Saviour .
4 Lord Sempill could not afford the time , and flew home , so Fred Crocombe decided to take his place for the rest of the flight , with Wood as the sole pilot .
5 After weeks of deliberation and three domestic trial runs , a third umpire making decisions from the stand after studying TV replays will be in place for the rest of the Ashes series .
6 No longer did the garrison feel that their sufferings were taking place for the amusement of the crowd .
7 Crime prevention is despised work for detectives for it holds no place for the drama of the chase and no opportunity for the symbolic warfare which exists in the battles between ‘ polises ’ and ‘ prigs ’ .
8 The message was emphasised by stressing the street as part of the system , whereby disadvantages may sometimes have to be accepted in one place for the sake of the whole network .
9 The European Court further ruled in this case that Arts 48 and 59 of the EC Treaty do not prevent a member state from requiring that the exercise of the profession of auditor in that state by a person qualified to carry on that profession in another member state be subject to conditions which are objectively necessary to guarantee observation of professional rules concerning the permanence of the infrastructure in place for the completion of the work , the effective presence in the member state and assurance of the observation of professional ethics , unless respect for such rules and conditions is already guaranteed by a reviseur d'entreprises , whether a natural person or a firm , established and recognised in the state , and in whose service is placed , for the duration of the work , the person who intends to exercise the profession of auditor .
10 The Government Railway Inspector was generally satisfied with the trials , and public steam runs can now take place for the centenary of the MER next year .
11 Six committees of the new committee had taken place , with a watchful eye being kept on environmental improvements , the need for bus shelters , involvement in finding a place for the youth of the town to meet , and consideration of the difficulties faced by the very elderly and disabled in the town centre .
12 His closeness to the king and his enthusiasm for the war would have ensured him a place as a leader of the younger generation of nobles , and his death was yet another misfortune for the king .
13 As we have seen , for example , the raw fact that an admission to care takes place as a result of a care order made by the court , and thus appears in official statistics as further evidence of compulsion , may tell us little about how this action is experienced either by the child or by his or her family .
14 Transformation of individual structures , as he puts it , does take place directly through participation in the communal life of the sangha , and transformation of social structures takes place as a result of the interaction of the life of the sangha with the life of the community surrounding it .
15 Students will be asked to monitor their own personal and social development which has taken place as a result of the experience and to review this in conjunction with the tutor .
16 A deal with the Liberal Democrats that did not reflect a more organic change in the political culture of both parties ( the Lib Dems recognising their historic place as a party of the left , giving up their balancing-act illusions ) would be regarded as a cynical manoeuvre by the electorate .
17 In narrative or realist cinema this mainly takes place through the identification of the spectator 's ego with the hero of the narrative who serves as a sort of model or ‘ ego-ideal ’ .
18 When news of the wonderful changes brought about in Kidderminster at this time spread , it won the approval of Anabaptists and Independents who hardly believed it possible that such a work of God could take place through the ministry of a parish church .
19 Only the day before , those noble , horned beasts had been filing unsuspectingly through the long grass of the plain , intending to wallow harmlessly in some cool place through the heat of the day .
20 A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work .
21 Substantial growth had already taken place during the course of the eighteenth century , but after 1801 the pace quickened so that by 1851 the population of England and Wales stood at 17·9 millions .
22 In a number of countries a distinct shift took place during the course of the boom .
23 Consultation with a review partner or relevant experts should take place during the course of an engagement where the engagement partner considers such a course of action appropriate .
24 Consultation with a review partner or relevant experts should take place during the course of an engagement where the engagement partner considers such a course of action appropriate .
25 Considerable discussion took place during the passage of the Bill through Parliament on the sum fixed for the payments , and it was strongly opposed on the ground that it was too small .
26 We all know that all sorts of manipulations take place during the appointment of the members of a Committee .
27 But the most surprising fact about this is that all these events took place during the deposition of a single graptolite zone .
28 However , this has taken place after the building of the office block which now adorns the site .
29 Any future progress must take place after the end of the normal day 's business , if nobody objects .
30 ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable .
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