Example sentences of "place at this " in BNC.

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1 There can be no doubt that something of this sort took place at this time in Montreal , and that it forms one of the subconscious inputs in the growing boy 's development , along with the high family traditions and the significance of his names .
2 ( Unfortunately , there is no hint of the conversations that took place at this time between Lloyd George and Mr Thomas as they took their daily morning walk ‘ across the park ’ from the underground station at Westminster . )
3 A Year at Saltram portrays the enormous varieties of activities taking place at this eighteenth-century house , from concerts and cocktail parties to visitors admiring the statues ( see below ) .
4 I therefore think that [ the ] motion is out of place at this time and that it is proposed for a certain purpose .
5 ‘ If you do n't look after your body you have no place at this club . ’
6 This does not mean that all the discussion and decision-making need take place at this level .
7 She laughed all over the place at this .
8 My lord of Gloucester displays the utmost affection for his nephews — his care is solely for their welfare and he judges that Prince Richard 's place at this auspicious time is with the king his brother .
9 Would that the same could be said for another competition that takes place at this time of the year — England 's County Championship finals .
10 More seriously , it is quite unlikely that the actions of any single archbishop could greatly alter the course or speed of the realignment of secular and ecclesiastical power which was taking place at this time .
11 Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour .
12 Perhaps , and perhaps contentiously , it was because the general insurrection had not taken place at this time : at least not in the sense that it involved trial by battle .
13 Major changes in the way we conceptualize Nature certainly took place at this time , but historians now suspect that the emergence of Darwin 's theory should not be treated as the only watershed dividing the old way of thinking from the new .
14 It occurs to me , being in this place at this time with no sign of an approaching end to the Kaffir war and all things uncertain , that it may be of interest to record the passages of everyday life if only as a source of remembrance and reflection in later years .
15 It is quite likely therefore that a meeting of Lambarde and Shakespeare took place at this time , although it was n't until 1594 that Shakespeare made his mark , for it was at Christmas of that year that he was Summoned to appear at Court .
16 Rolls Royce Motors was able to continue as a successful company when the parent company went bankrupt ( restructuring had to take place at this point with government help ) .
17 I say to those below the Gangway that the debate takes place at this end of the Chamber .
18 Gregory and others saw in certain happenings which took place at this time the workings of divine providence : on one occasion the boat carrying one of his opponents sank ; on another a supporter was miraculously freed from prison ; and throughout his trial the princess Rigunth fasted on his behalf .
19 ‘ No one will be at my place at this time of night . ’
20 ‘ Such an argument has no place at this inquiry . ’
21 Officials say that this is a sensible sort of calculation and exercise that should properly take place at this stage in the fiscal year .
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