Example sentences of "took place at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virtually nothing is known of Freeman 's early years ; he shrouded his early life in great mystery and even the details of his secondary schooling — which apparently took place at a boarding-school in north London — remained unknown to his closest relatives . |
| 2 | His 1939 journey took place at a time when anti-British sentiments were beginning to reach Hadhramaut from Cairo and there was increasing criticism of the privileges of sayyid rulers . |
| 3 | The controversy which surrounded these events , and which periodically exercised the District Executive and enlivened the District Council , took place at a time when tutor-organisers were less established figures than they were to be in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 4 | Early trials of the new drug took place at a time when the transplantation of kidneys and other organs was being vigorously investigated . |
| 5 | The conference took place at a time of great political turmoil , and there were calls for the resignation of President Collor and an end to corruption . |
| 6 | True , but in some cases that did not amount to all that much , and while inter-war legislation obviously provided the experience for the post-war Planning Acts which followed , the development of statutory land-use control took place at a time when particular environmental changes seemed to be little affected by formal planning powers . |
| 7 | The withdrawal of most full-time students ' entitlement to those benefits took place at a time when substantial additional resources were being made available to students through the education system . |
| 8 | The session took place at a time of intense political debate in China , with Deng Xiaoping , the country 's " elder statesman " leader , leading a drive for the implementation of more fundamental economic reforms [ see pp. 38813-14 ; 38764 ; 38722 ] . |
| 9 | This left-wing revival among the electorate took place at a time when some devoted socialists were becoming disillusioned with the prospects of actually accomplishing any sort of social revolution during the war itself . |
| 10 | The Spanish Civil War took place at a time of growing tension in Europe , on account of the increasingly belligerent attitude of Hitler 's Germany and the less bellicose , but also expansionist , intentions of fascist Italy . |
| 11 | The areas enclosed in the south of the county were on average larger than those in the east , so it is likely that enclosure there took place at a time when conditions were more conducive to the practice . |
| 12 | As a result , the purchaser can now be held responsible for all dismissal claims by employees dismissed in connection with the sale even if the dismissals took place at a time earlier than literally " immediately before " the transfer . |
| 13 | The incident took place at a house on Jerviston Street in New Stevenson at around eight o'clock last night . |
| 14 | The court held that trespass to air space was not committed where the flight took place at a height which did not affect the use of the land . |
| 15 | Duns Scotus is a major figure for the ecumenical movement in Scotland and that fact was recognised when the service took place at an evening prayer meeting attended by many non-Catholics , rather than during mass , as would have been normal . |
| 16 | Five days after the disaster at Douaumont , on May 13th , the third major conference of the campaign took place at the Crown Prince 's headquarters . |
| 17 | The memorial celebration for Philip took place at the Aldwych Theatre — and it was triumphant . |
| 18 | A great deal of discussion took place at the playground gate and when questionnaires were returned there was a 95 per cent response rate with over 98 per cent of those parents in favour of adopting a uniform on a voluntary basis including an agreement on colour and style . |
| 19 | The final rounds of the judging took place at the charity ball that evening . |
| 20 | The conference took place at the Polytechnic of Central London in January 1973 , with Kerr and Berrill each chairing one of the sessions . |
| 21 | According to some sources , the death of Apollonius of Tyana took place at the sanctuary of Diktynna . |
| 22 | Every twelve years , a ceremony known as the Kumbh mela took place at the confluence of the Jumna ( Yamuna ) and Ganges rivers just outside Allahabad . |
| 23 | The break-in took place at the System Business Machines premises on the town 's Britannia Park industrial estate . |
| 24 | Erm , I 'm I 'm never sure about Bishops and Archbishops , erm I remember Archbishop Runcie once commenting about er , an activity that took place at the installation of a Bishop and it 's , I gather , I mean I 've , I have n't actually been to one , but if you 're Bishop or an Archbishop when they act to the triumph and act of installation took place there were you 'll find that the person was surrounded by Bishops and they were all sort of looking in on this er , this body that was gon na be installed and somebody once asked what are they doing ? |
| 25 | The broadcast took place at the beginning of September from the site of a National Beach Clean Day , sponsored by the National Trust and Radio 2 . |
| 26 | The OECD Economic Outlook of June 1990 attributed most of the favourable development in inflation at the end of 1989 to a stabilization of oil prices , the further softening of non-oil raw material prices , and the absorption of the effects of indirect tax increases which took place at the beginning of 1989 . |
| 27 | The raid took place at the Elf service station at Woodmancote near Dursley . |
| 28 | Disorder took place at the Assembly meetings held before and after the changeover . |
| 29 | The meeting took place at the home of area co-ordinator Mike Burley . |
| 30 | Prague 's second famous defenestration took place at the Hradčany Castle when Bohemian Protestants again thought themselves threatened in 1618 . |