Example sentences of "place of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was recaptured yet again and this time transferred to Colditz , which he found a fascinating meeting place of a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities . |
| 2 | Most greenhouses are easily fitted with a louvred ventilator in place of a normal sheet of glass . |
| 3 | In place of a Socratic self-assurance , modern man has a Faustian yearning . |
| 4 | These indications of the importance of small firm production and the extent of subcontracting make it vital to recognize the place of a differentiated structure of production in assessing the causes of Japan 's rapid economic growth . |
| 5 | In place of a separate bell cord for each direction , a single cord was run along the centre of the ceiling to a bell on each canopy . |
| 6 | But the Commission believes that no radio or television presenter can adequately take the place of a live teacher , and that no school should depend almost wholly on a centralised choice of music , particularly of hymns or songs . |
| 7 | In place of a new catalogue , the Whitney Museum republished Calder 's Universe , the book which served for its more comprehensive retrospective exhibition of 1976 , the year of the artist 's death . |
| 8 | But if they are transported in place of a pH-changing anion , then , as the salts of strong acids , they should generate no pH change and the pH o change per uptake current should be less than with Cl - in the cell . |
| 9 | On the energy efficiency front , expensive internal stair light bulbs at Pollock Halls of Residence have been replaced with more cost-effective compact fluorescent 2D lamps , paying for themselves in 17 months ; a 95% efficiency condensing boiler has been installed at High School Yards in place of a traditional boiler with only 60–65% efficiency ; in the Main Library 5,000 obsolete light fittings have been renewed by half that number with improved light levels . |
| 10 | This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics . |
| 11 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 12 | Some small groups within lineages might build a shrine at the burial place of a revered grandfather , call him sidi ( lord ) , and visit the shrine in a group from time to time . |
| 13 | Akayev told parliament : " It is necessary to keep in the constitution references to the moral value of Islam , and no one needs any convincing that in place of a secular state we shall build an Islamic state . |
| 14 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 15 | Now , with a dead sheep in place of a human body , they 're trying to discover what happens within the flames |
| 16 | Now , with a dead sheep in place of a human body , they 're trying to discover what happens within the flames |
| 17 | In place of a human hand several hybrids sported the terrible , strong claw of the purestrain Genestealer . |
| 18 | In place of a constitutional expert , the Colonial Office despatched Sir Frederick Bourne , formerly an Indian Governor , and then Governor of East Pakistan . |
| 19 | ( The theatre , always open-air , consisted in the first place of a circular dancing-floor ( orchestra ) , where the chorus danced and sang , and the skene , behind the orchestra , was later added for the actors . |
| 20 | This charge will not be limited to the straightforward case where a shareholder elects to take scrip in place of a particular cash dividend , but will also cover other arrangements which achieve a similar result , for instance by the issue of a separate class of shares carrying the right to a stock dividend . |
| 21 | Each chapter would show the place of a particular form of policy response , or independent activity , in the scheme of things ; it would comment on experience to date and record new initiatives . |
| 22 | Indeed one corner of the bed was supported by a number of books in place of a missing leg . ’ |
| 23 | In place of a blind faith in divine providence , they proposed a rational social contract which they believed would free mankind from many of our perennial ills . |
| 24 | What would be the place of a united Germany in relation to the cold war alliances ? ; |
| 25 | This cemetery has been in existence since 1965 and is lovingly tended by regular visitors who often bring fresh flowers to mark the last resting place of a faithful friend . |
| 26 | In 1860 Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners , who were then operating the ferries , issued metal discs stamped ‘ B'head Ferry ’ to annual contractors in place of the cardboard tickets that had been in use until then . |
| 27 | Having discussed the place of the professional-managerial class in the stratification system , the Ehrenreichs go on to consider the role that it has played in class conflict in the USA over recent decades . |
| 28 | Within that first fraction of potential benefit , I classified the endorsement of ‘ science ’ in place of the separate sciences that have for so long unbalanced or distorted the secondary curriculum ; the opportunity to rethink the nature and role of technology ; and the challenge to begin planning , for all secondary students , a foundation course in a foreign language . |
| 29 | Atrophy explains the presence of only a single well-developed anal vein in Anisopus ( Fig. 34 ) and other Diptera , while the occurrence in this genus of a single vein R2+3 , in place of the separate veins R2 and R3 , is due to coalescence . |
| 30 | At the meeting , Luigi Zanda , a leading Italian campaigner for Venice and President of the Consorzio Venezia Nuova , made a plea , published here in place of the usual editorial ( see p.1 ) , for the future of Venice to be treated by the Italian government with a new sense of responsibility and morality free from the political factionism which stalemates so much of the country 's public life . |