Example sentences of "have [verb] place [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Race suicide is possible ’ , exclaimed an anonymous commentator on ‘ Sport and Decadence ’ in 1909 , while another author writing under the cloak of anonymity warned in 1912 of ‘ a canker at the heart of the people which will surely destroy it ’ , believing that ‘ the first stage of decay has already been reached when the stolid , God-fearing puritan of two-and-a-half centuries ago has given place to the shallow , hysterical cockney of today ’ . |
| 2 | No further work has taken place for a number of weeks , the barriers have fallen down , one of the warning lights has been thrown into the river and another has been thrown into the hedge several times . |
| 3 | Since the Soweto uprisings of 1976 a lot has taken place for the younger people . |
| 4 | The role of step-parents can be hard , especially if the problems have not been foreseen and the marriage has taken place on a powerful wave of emotion and little else . |
| 5 | But such union-government bargaining has taken place on a wide range of issues ; for example , over new investment in poorer regions ( e.g. Eisenhammer 1985 : 42–4 ) , rescue bids for ailing private sector companies ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 82 ) , extension of union participation in management ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 6 | The latter change is not entirely due to agriculture , as much building development has taken place on the Downs . |
| 7 | Far less argument has taken place on the subject of broadcasting which is almost entirely government-controlled and where that control is usually direct . |
| 8 | The process will take about half an hour , will require two reels of tape and will be initiated by the Computer Services Department operator at 08.00 , whenever a transfer to the Working-Set has taken place on the previous night . |
| 9 | Mr and Mr , quite rightly as a matter of fact , suggest that er most of the employment development over the last ten years has taken place on the north side of York . |
| 10 | The government 's development thrust has been furthered : a great deal of construction has taken place to the benefit of developers and major building companies . |
| 11 | In the first place , instead of searching for the long-term consequences of early family experiences , a switch has taken place to the study of immediate effects . |
| 12 | Graham said : ‘ People are generally happy with the new premises and the move has taken place with the minimum of disruption for the service we provide to schools . |
| 13 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 14 | If however the shares of each party have never been determined , then at least proper service of the notice of severance ensures that severance has taken place with the advantage as mentioned earlier ( see p51 ) . |
| 15 | The funeral has taken place of a student who died in a mysterious barn fire nine months ago . |
| 16 | The funeral has taken place of a pilot whose Spitfire crashed onto a runway at an airshow , exploding into flames . |
| 17 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 18 | The funeral has taken place of the toddler , James Bulger , on Merseyside . |
| 19 | The funeral has taken place of the security guard who was killed trying to stop a raid . |
| 20 | Many visitors to Quainton Road expressed surprise at the amount of change that has taken place at the Centre over the last few years . |
| 21 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 22 | Not only is it not recoverable but it has taken place at the most profitable period in the product life , before the adverse effects of ageing have affected its sales and costs . |
| 23 | The issue was referred up to Joint Industrial Council level and a meeting has taken place under the Chairmanship of Mr. Peter Smith , Q.C . |
| 24 | The names of the new countries reflect a reversal in race roles which has taken place since the ‘ displacement ’ . |
| 25 | On a general revision , there might well be a case for extending that distance in view of the development of the central area which has taken place since the six miles was first established . |
| 26 | It can not reproduce all the recording and reporting which has taken place during a pupil 's years of secondary education . |
| 27 | The upsurge of interest in tachistoscopic laterality research which has taken place during the last two decades or so can be traced in part to the split-brain investigations and in part to an experiment conducted by Mishkin and Forgays ( 1952 ) . |
| 28 | The restructuring that has taken place during the Government 's tenure of office has been remarkably good for the region . |
| 29 | A powerful surge in handheld games consoles has taken place during the last year . |
| 30 | Thus section 9 provides that in any proceedings before a court no evidence shall be adduced and no question in cross-examination shall be asked which tends to suggest that an interception has taken place without a warrant — that is , illegally . |