Example sentences of "[adj] place [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Jean , say detectives , was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time . |
| 32 | He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time . ’ |
| 33 | he would perhaps have a " certain historical place in the literary history of our period " , and Herbert Read recalled how he might on occasions say , " Valery , Yeats and I … " . |
| 34 | He added : ‘ In reality , the royal women have a second-class place in the Royal Family , and no one more so than the Princess of Wales . ’ |
| 35 | Sent away to prep school at eight , he was lonely and homesick and no sooner had he settled in than he moved to public school , to Gordonstoun , a bleak and desolate place on the windswept north-east coast of Scotland , with a regime to match . |
| 36 | These aims have gained a high symbolic place in the public imagination and the institution has set out to prevent and detect acts which are usually subsumed under a generic ( but simplistic ) classification of ‘ crime ’ . |
| 37 | Now they had an opportunity for acceptance , for respectability , for an official place in the social structure — in exchange for certain compromises and relaxations in dogma . |
| 38 | Dockworkers occupied a crucial place in the economic process , which they exploited to raise their earnings considerably above the average for manual workers . |
| 39 | Herrick 's was forty li east of Liu Chang 's , a tiny , crowded place at the very bottom of the City , below the Net . |
| 40 | They walked quickly through Cheapside down to Fleet Street and into the Saracen 's Head , a cool , dark place off the main thoroughfare . |
| 41 | The foal becomes a social animal and part of the herd , and as it matures it is likely to take a similar place in the social hierarchy of the herd as its mother . |
| 42 | The lily pads are a dangerous place for the young jacana chicks as the lake is full of predators that prey on eggs and chicks — fish , lizards , snakes , young crocodiles as well as predatory birds . |
| 43 | Readiness for war , as well as the actual waging of war , becomes a principal political concern , military leaders acquire a more prominent place in the political system , and the economy is geared increasingly to military needs , giving rise to what has been called the ‘ military-industrial complex ’ as one of the main centres of power and of economic growth . |
| 44 | The blood of the Covenant continues to have a central place within the Christian communion . |
| 45 | The trends I have identified here clearly occupied a central place in the political thought of Max Weber , of Marxist thinkers such as Bauer and Hilferding , of Schumpeter , and of their numerous followers and successors . |
| 46 | This is very true of contemporary civilian politics in Nigeria , where the mass media occupy a central place in the new democracy . |
| 47 | It seems relevant that anthropology be used at this time to contribute to the debate on policing , for since the 1964 Police Act and the preceding Royal Commission which was generated through concern over police practice , the organization has held an increasingly central place in the public imagination . |
| 48 | Science now occupied a central place in the ensuing debate over national efficiency . |
| 49 | We reckon that both Angoras will become our favourite places to stay in Bodrum , in the right place at the right price . |
| 50 | I genuinely liked them as people , I loved their music , and I was in exactly the right place at the right time . |
| 51 | it existed , in reality , because Ford needed something special to tempt people into their showrooms and Shelby was in the right place at the right time to provide it . |
| 52 | Millions of parts and supplies must be got to the right place at the right time , which is something American military forces have not always been able to do . |
| 53 | But they just exhausted themselves after all these years — and I was in the right place at the right time , so they all settled on me to direct it . |
| 54 | A lot of the work in this field is logistical : getting the right people to the right place at the right time with the right equipment . |
| 55 | Profiles , pathways , and dreams : The right place at the right time . |
| 56 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 57 | Being in the right place at the right time is all important in fishing , and living on the doorstep of the river gave me the advantage . |
| 58 | He could serve up waves in the right place at the right time — or not . |
| 59 | We expect Jesus to be in the right place at the right time , therefore his choosing of male apostles was quite deliberate , which must have theological significance and definite implications for the ministry today . |
| 60 | You have to be in the right place at the right time , you hear there 's a place going , then you grab it . ’ |