Example sentences of "[vb pp] place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time , such services as there were took place behind locked doors . |
| 2 | There is , in sum , no socially recognized place for single-parent families in Britain . |
| 3 | The advance towards the EEC had , of course , taken place without British participation , since Britain could not accept the fundamental supranational principle . |
| 4 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 5 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 6 | Two relatively modern areas have been investigated — those of telephone selling as a technique and the selling of services because of societal changes that have taken place over recent years . |
| 7 | The copy featured the rise in crime that had taken place under Labour , stressing the need to support the police and the protection of people and property . |
| 8 | The present writer has gone on record elsewhere with the view that most of the ‘ new ’ powers in the Single European Act represented treaty recognition of developments which had already taken place under general treaty powers , in particular Articles 100 and 235 , in areas such as environmental law . |
| 9 | This has also been a way of escaping from the serious clashes which historically have taken place between different Christian groups involved in education and which remain a distinct possibility in the multi-faith situation . |
| 10 | The funeral has taken place for murdered garage worker Richard Miles . |
| 11 | Initial discussions have taken place on joint purchasing and providing . |
| 12 | As members will know , the exhibition has since taken place with great success , but the absence of the previously planned ceremonials ( dress and food ) at my visit left me disappointed . |
| 13 | Promotional packs have been sent to over 100 organisations and a number of discussions have taken place with interested parties . |
| 14 | The change appears to be a genuine evolutionary development that has taken place with unusual rapidity . |
| 15 | Substantial job cuts have also taken place at major firms over the last two years including Cummins , Cleveland Structural and Whessoe . |
| 16 | Whilst a quiet revolution in terms of style has taken place at Allied , one thing has n't changed . |
| 17 | Alan Bleakley tells of some very fruitful rituals including working with archetypal images which have taken place at various stone circles in Cornwall where individuals were considerably helped by being able to tune in to the spirit of the place . |
| 18 | Even more ambitious attempts to bring trade unionists and community activists together in educational settings have taken place at Northern College . |
| 19 | Due to the greater degree of nationalisation which had taken place throughout Western Europe since the end of the war , it was discovered , in 1960 , that approximately forty per cent of the labour force was employed by the various governments . |
| 20 | These are still occurring and , ultimately , there is no clear distinction between folk tales of unknown origin and accounts of events which have taken place within living memory . |
| 21 | A first parish may prove to be perfectly satisfactory , or the formation of the ordinand 's understanding and attitudes in respect of worship may have taken place before theological training . |
| 22 | Given what we know about the formation of new varieties of English in overseas colonies of Britain , we might expect a similar process to have taken place among Caribbean migrants living in Britain itself . |
| 23 | Indeed , policy developments in each of these three areas have largely taken place in complete isolation from the others ; only very recently has the importance of social security to the effectiveness of ‘ community care ’ been recognised in any official document ( House of Commons Social Services Committee , 1990 ) . |
| 24 | Thus it is clear that Castro had deliberately moved to implement socialist and pro-Communist policies before there was any question of Soviet involvement in Cuba and , indeed , before any decisive deterioration had taken place in US-Cuban relations ( see pages 66–9 ) . |
| 25 | Many of the suicide incidents have taken place in remote areas where people suffer physical as well as emotional isolation . |
| 26 | The project will examine the structural changes that have taken place in industrial and procurement policies in defence in the 1980 's and consider their implications for future planning . |
| 27 | They were showing a film , The Life of Christ , and though this was clearly an illusion as well it had taken place in real life , and uncle was very much a believer . |
| 28 | Not when the kidnap had taken place in broad daylight and the story had already been splashed across the front page of London 's evening newspaper . |
| 29 | Other assets , are constituted mainly by equipment , e.g. computers , in which considerable investment has taken place in recent years . |
| 30 | Several organisations are active , and aim to keep the village character , which is still there despite the many changes , not always welcome ones , which have taken place in recent times . |