Example sentences of "place among the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 , Renault failed not just to win an award but even to find a place among the shortlisted contenders . |
| 2 | Harry had come into the lower doorway at the right time , and was moving up between the tables to take his normal place among the young fellows of knightly family , his peers . |
| 3 | If they do , then there is no reason why this breed should not take its place among the other pedigree types . |
| 4 | Ronnie won at Monaco , outlasting both Rega and Niki , and from there to the very end of the season , Fittipaldi had to fight hard to keep his place among the front runners . |
| 5 | Taken at its first test session at Michelin 's Clermont Ferrand test track , they show the car still under heavy disguise but revealing some of the characteristics that should give it a place among the great supercars . |
| 6 | The second Test in Paris left Muller one cap ahead of Helgard and exhibiting the promise to take his place among the great Springbok names which punctuate rugby legend . |
| 7 | Find your place among the great — aut Caesar , aut nihil ! ’ |
| 8 | It read : ‘ I am convinced that British manufacturing industry can prosper again in the Nineties and restore Britain 's place among the great industrial nations of the world . ’ |
| 9 | This looked promising : 3 He is produced by fusion , there is an excessive abundance of the substance in volcanic gases so maybe here was the evidence staring him in the face that fusion is taking place among the volcanic rocks . |
| 10 | Saying that ‘ the Pilgrim Fathers will always hold a unique place among the venerated saints of mankind ’ may be going too far , but their plain approach to life , the simple statement of belief they made on the voyage in the Mayflower Compact , and their peaceful settlements and good relations with the Indians among whom they settled were certainly in sharp contrast to what happened in most colonies . |
| 11 | He could settle here so easily , he told himself , slipping into place among the friendly people of Lulling and Thrush Green , enjoying their companionship and sharing their enchanting countryside . |
| 12 | Syd Rawle 's rather eccentric style looked strangely out of place among the grey suited barristers attending the Crown Court appeal . |
| 13 | But although his next three rounds were more respectable , Olazabal 's final total of 287 was n't good enough for a place among the leading 24 who are awarded automatic invitations back to Augusta . |
| 14 | One year they won the second grade championship , with Mains as an outstanding left-footed fullback , but were not able to regain a place among the senior Dunedin clubs . |
| 15 | Once it must have been a familiar sight in Cheltenham ; now the horse drawn carriage looks a little out of place among the busy traffic , snaking it 's way around the towns one-way system . |
| 16 | At first they assumed that he could find a place among the steep woods behind Camserney and be supplied by their good friends Donald and Aileen Gillies at the mill . |