Example sentences of "the place [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beamish prodded the place with a stubby forefinger . |
| 2 | All he saw was the ghost of the waterfall : ‘ we visited the place at an unseasonable time , and found it divested of its dignity and terror . ’ |
| 3 | So that was why he 'd been in the club so often over the past few weeks — he 'd been checking out the lie of the land , assessing the place as a possible investment . |
| 4 | My guess is that your vendor was scared that if she waited much longer it would be impossible to sell the place as a going concern and she would lose out completely on fittings and goodwill . |
| 5 | I thought of the place as an imaginary island , a sort of French Never Never Land . |
| 6 | ‘ My dear Tom spoke of the place as an undeveloped shambles with Matt living there alone , although I 've now heard that he and Silas accommodate a few guests . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What would be the place of a united Germany in relation to the cold war alliances ? ; |
| 13 | Scientific truth then is relegated to the place of an unintended consequence of the instrumental ( and not substantive ) rationality of agents in the economy of scientific practice . |
| 14 | This is not the place for a long explanation or analysis of the history of the period , but a brief resume may be beneficial for some readers . |
| 15 | This is not the place for a jurisprudential exegesis on the nature of discretion . |
| 16 | Whether or not you accept Idso 's claims , surely this is just the place for a critical appraisal of them ? |
| 17 | This is not the place for a detailed critique of REPLAN , but elements within it ( such as the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education ( NIACE ) local development project ) are currently at a crucial stage . |
| 18 | The place for a quiet picnic on a Bank Holiday is now in the centre of the City of London — few people , little or no traffic and an ample supply of peace and quiet . |
| 19 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 20 | As we shall see inter-group behaviour in modern times is explicable primarily in terms of the social identities people adopt in relation to cultural and economic stresses , and the place for a biological factor in the discussion is here a very small one ( p. 390 ) . |
| 21 | This is the place for a two-in-one kind of a holiday . |
| 22 | If top panel is without perspective and bottom is nothing but perspective , then is that not the place for a different kind of vision ? |
| 23 | Or , if it 's a terrifically hot day and you do n't feel like burning out a gasket on the tops , Malham is just the place for an easy stroll , going " just steady on " , as they say in the Dales . |
| 24 | This is not the place for an exhaustive description of the model . |
| 25 | The mix of the original architect 's unusual commitment to the concept of asymmetry , the previous inhabitants ' rabid fetish for amassing ridiculous quantities of Victorian bric-à-brac and '30s kitsch , and Amelia 's own declared desire to keep her environment in a state of constant flux had turned the place into a confused and confusing labyrinth . |
| 26 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
| 27 | While he , Owen , was tearing around all over the place like a bloody lunatic ! |
| 28 | You 've got the place like a little palace , or a big palace . ’ |
| 29 | They do not fluctuate all over the place in an uncertain fashion . |
| 30 | An ensign , however , might find the next step a little harder , while command of a company was rarely to be had without the ability to purchase the commission of a holder of a captaincy or very strong political interest to secure the place in an expanding army in a new battalion . |