Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] place [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drum unit , developer unit , cleaning pad and toner cartridge slot neatly and easily into place underneath a hinged top cover . |
| 2 | The drum unit , developer unit , cleaning pad and toner cartridge slot neatly and easily into place underneath a hinged top cover . |
| 3 | And once in place as a complete Keymer roof , the tile really comes into its own . |
| 4 | The callousness of Luke 's words seemed out of character — and out of place for a mere historical discussion . |
| 5 | In the end we had to settle for a hurried and depressing buffet in the North British Hotel , with a menu which would not have been out of place at a Sunday-school picnic . |
| 6 | ‘ How to never feel out of place at a social function ’ ( get drunk ? ) |
| 7 | The results range from the almost predictable ( say the unsettled but distinctly South African ‘ township ’ feel of Lullaby ) to the totally unpredictable , ; the title track is indeed just that , ranging from a tight , boppy ensemble that would not be out of place as a riff in a Basie band arrangement and transforming ( metamorphosing — see ? ) into a complex interweaving of improvised joint soloing against rhythmic drumbeats and back again . |
| 8 | At Regine 's , where Jody Scheckter would have been as out of place as a hyena at a symphony concert , James was thoroughly at home . |
| 9 | A very confident performance , which would not have been out of place as a university seminar , but which was not , perhaps , geared to this audience . |
| 10 | Well not as way out of place as a British Telecom building would look but , it looks quite erm looks quite out of place , but erm this massive great obnoxious Georgian building erm was broken into on Christmas morning right ? |
| 11 | There are four rubber feet on the bottom , and another four on the side , opposite an excellent , deeply-recessed handle that would n't look out of place on a 4x12″ cab . |
| 12 | Nor is the final planned dispensation of eggs out of place in a ‘ basic ritual scheme in which ‘ the cooking and eating of a Feast ’ are ‘ canonical ’ , part of a ‘ sacramental meal … through which the God passes to his resurrection ’ . |
| 13 | Some people complained that the realistic sobbing of the Beast , slumped on the ground at the ballet 's opening and again when Beauty hurls the rose back at him , was out of place in a ballet , but it conveyed the point without needing any artificial mime — something he always tried to get away from , wanting anyone to be able to understand his work without needing to learn the conventions first . |
| 14 | The ruins of the Cistercian Furness Abbey might seem , at first sight , out of place in a book of this kind , but in fact this was a medieval power-house of immense activity . |
| 15 | When , therefore , anything is out of place in a picturesque point of view , it excites his criticism , notwithstanding its utility in other respects . ’ |
| 16 | It is a slightly adolescent , indulgent account of a love affair — adolescent because it is redolent of a wide-eyed naivety out of place in a middle-aged man : indulgent because at times he hints that the eagles , with names like Atalanta and Melanion , may be reciprocating his feelings . |
| 17 | The wild , rhythmic drive of the first subject owes much to Shostakovich , yet the second subject would not sound out of place in a Star Trek film score , and its pseudo-oriental counter-theme is pure Hollywood . |
| 18 | I had sold the contents of the cottages to the incoming purchaser , as well as several large pieces from the melin which would have been quite out of place in a modern house . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you can dispense with the formalities , Letty , curtsying would look out of place in a few rooms in a lodging house , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 20 | Some of the dry goods are housed here , but to find a host of Koi-related decorative items you enter a building that would not look out of place in a Japanese tea garden . |
| 21 | Company skills are out of place in a spiritual environment |
| 22 | I ca n't think of one shot I 've taken that would be out of place in a family album . |
| 23 | Therefore poetry on its own is out of place in a libretto . |
| 24 | The fundamentals are now in place for a recovery in activity and prices . |
| 25 | Dudley Clarke had been the only casualty , hit in the ear , which had been sewn back in place by a petty officer as the boat left the beach . |
| 26 | But did he desire the well-groomed young woman in high-heels and with figure held firmly in place by a good foundation garment , as much as the callow , untidy girl , so soft to touch and hold , he had first known ? |