Example sentences of "[vb past] place over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese attack on Vietnam in March 1979 gave the USSR the leverage to activate this agreement ; a gradual extension of Soviet facilities in Cam Ranh Bay took place over the following years . |
| 2 | A number of important changes took place over the 18 months . |
| 3 | On 5–7 May , as Tito 's forces neared the Slovene capital Ljubljana , the mass exodus referred to earlier , which included many civilians , took place over the nearby Austria border to the north . |
| 4 | In the women 's movement , too , a significant revolution took place over the same decade . |
| 5 | Few interceptions took place over the next few days as the R.A.F. licked its wounds . |
| 6 | In July 1973 , after months of preliminary exchanges , a meeting of foreign ministers agreed to proceed with such talks which took place over the next two years . |
| 7 | The Customs and Excise , with all its ancillary departments , were forced to re-structure their systems to bring them into line with European countries and this reorganisation took place over the next few years . |
| 8 | Major expansions took place over the next decade and in 1949 the factory started making staple fibre , which soon overtook filament yarn as the principal rayon product . |