Example sentences of "took place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of particular concern is the pattern of abductions by armed men in plain clothes in security force style operations , most of which took place at night . |
| 2 | The same source reports that 190 executions took place last year . |
| 3 | These dreadful events took place in the south of Sri Lanka , which is dominated by the majority Sinhalese population . |
| 4 | Fry 's opening words are : ‘ Those artists among us whose formation took place before the war recognise Cézanne as their tribal deity , and their totem . ’ |
| 5 | The two changes which took place in law and constitution before 1980 were at least permitted by the clerical church in that it agreed with the abolition of the special position of the Roman catholic church , and did not oppose the limited introduction of contraceptives . |
| 6 | Over the next fifty years , a significant change in policy took place . |
| 7 | It was during the period of 1943–1945 that his political awakening took place . |
| 8 | My becoming homeless was not a result of my dropping out of a system which probably would have supported me until retirement age ; it was the result of a chain of events which took place much , much later . |
| 9 | Leonard 's circumcision took place , in accordance with Jewish law , on the morning of the eighth day after his birth ; several prayers of blessings being recited before the actual ceremony , at which Nathan his father offered the solemn prayer : |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But perhaps the biggest thing in popular music took place in 1948 when the LP was introduced ; an innovation of immense importance for the industry and public alike , and not least for Leonard who set about acquiring an enviable collection . |
| 12 | The influence of its music was greatly enhanced by the technological advances which then took place : first in gramophones ; then in public broadcasting systems . |
| 13 | ( An interesting confluence also took place between the development of classical music , which by now had moved away from tonality by vastly enlarging its range , and the coloured musicians ' microtonality . ) |
| 14 | Let Us Compare Mythologies was published in May 1956 ; the war took place later that summer ! ) |
| 15 | Another event took place at Birdland , a jazz-club in the centre of Montreal , where Leonard gave poetry readings after midnight , frequently to the accompaniment of his own guitar on which he improvised appropriate backings , though often in company with more experienced jazz musicians . |
| 16 | ‘ Already last night , ’ said a reporter , ‘ commuters were laying flowers beside the track where the crash took place . ’ |
| 17 | But you are cautiously optimistic because of the constructive atmosphere in which the talks took place . |
| 18 | We have no way of knowing exactly when these experiences took place . |
| 19 | few Review Board hearings took place within the statutory six weeks ; |
| 20 | Another change which took place with the anticipated increase in continental traffic in mind was the merger of Railfreight Distribution with the former BRB subsidiary Freightliners Ltd in 1988 . |
| 21 | A major closure took place on 27 November 1982 when the GN&GE Joint line closed between March and Spalding , together with the avoiding lines at Sleaford and Lincoln . |
| 22 | The cessation of the steel plants sealed the fate of the line on which herculean battles took place daily in the haulage of loads of iron ore imported at Tyne Dock up the ferocious gradients to Consett . |
| 23 | Like Einstein he distrusted the senses , like many philosophers he was incapable of sustaining close emotional relationships , and within his cloistered concentration miracles took place . |
| 24 | It took place after the BMA leadership agreed to call off its damaging campaign against cash restraint on GPs ' drug budgets , a move regarded by Mr Clarke as a ‘ breakthrough ’ in his efforts to win wider support . |
| 25 | A game with a difference took place at Wimbledon , the oldest women 's club in the world , as part of their centenary celebrations — a costume game between a side representing the pioneers of the club and one representing the swinging Thirties . |
| 26 | This took place amid rumours of a split within the NEC over support for a common age of consent , and was widely seen as a response to tabloid hysteria on such matters . |
| 27 | A second meeting of the 24 , including the US , Japan , Canada and Australia , took place in Brussels 10 days ago . |
| 28 | Batley and Sheffield Eagles received a severe reprimand yesterday for the fighting which took place during their first-round Yorkshire Cup tie . |
| 29 | A MAJOR step in the development of the game in the ranks of the Services took place at St Helens on Sunday , when , in a curtain-raiser to the first match of the New Zealand tour , an RAF team defeated an Army XIII by 22-14 . |
| 30 | On this day : the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Italy and Spain and today became 15 October 1582 ; Spain declared war on Britain , 1796 ; Italian troops occupied Tripoli , 1911 ; the first air battle took place between German and French aircraft , 1914 ; the Allies landed at Salonika , 1915 ; Sir Arthur Lee presented the estate of Chequers as an official country residence for the Prime Minister , 1917 ; the Locarno Conference met and the great powers guaranteed frontiers and agreed to put disputes to arbitration , 1925 ; unemployed shipyard workers started to march from Jarrow to London , 1936 ; the Cominform ( Communist Information Bureau ) was set up to aid European Communist parties , 1947 ; tea rationing ended in Britain , 1952 . |