Example sentences of "[pos pn] place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1900 the dry air refrigerator had lost its place to chemical machines using CO 2 or ammonia . |
| 2 | It seems to me that the court itself had a right of custody at this time in the sense that it had the right to determine the child 's place of residence , and it was in breach of that right that the mother removed the child from its place of habitual residence . |
| 3 | Iran would benefit from the squashing of Iraq by taking its place as regional superpower and master of the Gulf . |
| 4 | In the broadest sense antislavery took its place with Smithite liberalism and Owenism , democratic radicalism and anti-Jacobinism as an aspect of a peculiarly intense self-scrutiny by a society conscious of the significant change it was undergoing . |
| 5 | But instead — and with careful guidance — it should eventually take its place alongside other measures of credit cost as a useful tool for comparison , and as a warning signal where credit cost is really high . |
| 6 | Adenauer was determined to preserve Germany 's nascent democracy , and its place in Romano-Christian culture by tying the country firmly to other Western democracies . |
| 7 | As to what should take , or was taking , its place in Western Europe , Hallstein seemed to be in no doubt : it was the EEC and its Commission . |
| 8 | parody has grown sickly , its place in modern literature is insignificant . |
| 9 | And although frowned on by some , sugar has its place in small quantities amidst the salt and pepper , particularly if the vinegar is very acid . |
| 10 | Danes Dyke farm , which was originally part of the Sewerby estate , found its place in literary history as Anerley Farm in R. D. Blackmore 's romantic novel Mary Anerley . |
| 11 | In light of these findings , we suggest that social work needs to move away from profession-centred approaches to education and practice and towards a reconceptualization of its place in social welfare and social development efforts . |
| 12 | In the abdomen , MRI has not yet found its place in routine clinical practice . |
| 13 | Already it had its place in local balladry . |
| 14 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 15 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 16 | Citizens need to take their place on governing bodies and community councils . |
| 17 | In fact a good part of the success of ‘ Made in Italy ’ — shoes , clothes , and knitwear — depends on women working at home without benefits and welded into their place by marital , familial and community ties . |
| 18 | Some of these literary elements are part of the language and have their place in standard dictionaries : others are quasi-proverbial and often used without an awareness of their origin . |
| 19 | Despite the recent re-issue of Rewald 's classic monograph , we still lack a true catalogue raisonné , bringing together all the visual and documentary material and engaging with the fundamental issues ; for example , after the sensational exhibition of the Mellon waxes at the National Gallery in Washington in 1991 , there is an even greater need for a study of the relationship of the waxes to the 1,500 or so bronze casts scattered throughout the world ; more understanding of Degas ' techniques and the reproductive processes used by his founder is urgently required ; a consideration of the images themselves , and their place in contemporary sculpture , is conspicuous by its absence ; and , the biggest question of all , the role of these wax figures in the wider oeuvre cries out to be examined . |
| 20 | These classes had grown and become more diverse ; merchants and artisans were more numerous , and their place in economic life far more effective , than in the tenth century . |
| 21 | [ Edward Doughtie , Lyrics from English Airs , 1596–1622 , 1970 ; G. A. Philipps , ‘ John Wilbye 's Other Patrons : the Cavendishes and their Place in English Musical Life during the Renaissance ’ , Music Review , vol. xxxviii , 1977 , pp. 81–93 . ] |
| 22 | The Junkers tolerated the troublesome middle classes only because they guaranteed the Junkers their place in German society ; the middle classes looked up to the Junker traditional leadership , and regarded them as the German image of itself . |
| 23 | Eventually the earth would be dug out , remoulded and cast once more in the form of bricks , which would take their place in fresh walls that in due course would crumble again . |
| 24 | While not exactly extravagant , the couple felt it necessary to establish their place in Viennese society by entertaining their friends in lavish style . |
| 25 | To be successful in improving health and safety standards we must have good workplace organization good laws good inspectors and good guidance all have their place in improving health and safety standards . |
| 26 | One can still find , though with increasing difficulty , those ancient meadows where , as in my childhood , buttercups form a glittering carpet of gold-enamelled flowers , bluebells , spotted orchids and Billy-buttons have their place in shady corners and butter-blobs and milkmaids pattern the ditch bank . |
| 27 | Robin Jones keeps his place at open-side flanker where he has played in Swansea 's last three matches in the absence of another injury victim Alan Reynolds . |
| 28 | Barlow lost his place to big-money signing Neil Pointon — the man he replaces today because of suspension . |
| 29 | Eleven months on , Beasant is an outcast and Hitchcock is getting rave reviews in Chelsea 's brilliant run , but now Hitchcock may lose his place to Russian Dmitri Kharin . |
| 30 | The last straw for Hysen came against Middlesbrough on Saturday when Limpar , who lost his place to 20-year-old Mark Flatts , was not even on the substitutes ' bench . |