Example sentences of "[prep] place [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | W w why why was it that horses were were given pride of place over the cattle ? |
| 2 | So from national pride at the North Pole , the well travelled iceaxe takes pride of place on the wall of Number 10 . |
| 3 | So from national pride at the North Pole , the well travelled iceaxe takes pride of place on the wall of Number 10 . |
| 4 | Such opulence looked out of place on the streets of Prague , where the riches are in the historic architecture — and the best of that , sensibly , is in a traffic-free zone . |
| 5 | In September Lafayette took pride of place on the Stoddard Templeton stand at the Harrogate exhibition , the main retail carpet exhibition of the year , where it was officially launched and shown for the first time . |
| 6 | Next morning , when the O'Dells sat down to breakfast , the photograph had pride of place on the kitchen mantelpiece . |
| 7 | In fact , the clothes Yuri had worn to our shoot — an American jacket and trousers with a grey shirt and fur-lined black trainers — would n't have looked at all of place on the dance floor of Stringfellows , but Yuri was after a smoother image . |
| 8 | Yet the illustrations are nearly all of women who are pencil-thin enough not to be out of place on the catwalk in a Paris fashion show . |
| 9 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 10 | Half our pet owners hang pictures of their beloveds in pride of place on the living room walls . |
| 11 | Do you believe that Halloween has any kind of place with the devil or not ? |
| 12 | In The Colour Purple , Alice Walker , through the letters of Nettie , a young black woman who has accompanied two missionaries to the home of the Olinka tribe in Africa , writes of the healing , life-giving qualities of the roofleaf plant , which embodies the spirit of place for the tribe : |
| 13 | Taking pride of place at the Help the Aged Golden Awards in the Hilton Hotel was Madeleine Noble , 59 , from Tempo , Co Fermanagh , who met the Princess . |
| 14 | The organiser , too , is a woman … though she 'd rather give pride of place at the air display to another female — Sally B , a B-17 bomber , star of the film Memphis Belle . |
| 15 | It will take pride of place at the series of steam weekends in Darlington which start on May 23 . |
| 16 | It will have pride of place at the series of steam weekends in Darlington which start May 23 . |
| 17 | Early in 1983 the new Bomber Command Hall extension had been completed and Sugar was moved the few yards to take pride of place at the entrance to the exhibition , where she still is today . |
| 18 | This passage is given pride of place at the start of the title on trusts in UE , but it is not a very laudable analysis of the notion of a trust . |
| 19 | But Stockton retains pride of place as the company 's headquarters , employing 130 staff . |
| 20 | I confess that I give pride of place to the story of his children on the occasion they organised a charade displaying a Crusader knight returning from the wars . |
| 21 | Passing to our own day , fine editions include the Nonesuch Press issue of 1924–27 , in five volumes with engraved titles and head-pieces by Stephen Gooden ; but many will give pride of place to the Doves Press The English Bible containing the Old Testament and the New , published in 1905 , also in five volumes . |
| 22 | Johnny Coppin hopes most of all that readers and listeners to his music and poetry collections will get a sense of the spirit of place of the land between the rivers meandering down to the sea |
| 23 | The statue of Henry VIII which has pride of place above the gate will be seen to be holding a chair leg . |
| 24 | Ellen put them in pride of place above the fireplace in the front room downstairs . |
| 25 | The brand new two-car Networker Class 456 Electric Multiple Unit recently on exhibition inside the Great Hall at York , has since relinquished its pride of place beside the Channel Tunnel section . |
| 26 | They were in their early thirties , so 1 did not feel too out of place from the point of view of age , and at first no one took any notice of me , as if they thought I was just another mature student . |
| 27 | Peony felt that she and her urgency were out of place in the holiday mood of bustly leisure that had settled over the drowsy little place . |
| 28 | The Shepherd 's Week ( 1714 ) , though clearly a burlesque , used images of agricultural life that would not be out of place in the work of Duck or of Mary Collier . |
| 29 | The disadvantages of the Article were that it was perceived as dealing with ‘ representational ’ issues that were out of place in the Convention , that it undercut the position of non-liability of member States for treaties concluded by organisations , and that it placed excessive emphasis on the exceptional situation of the European Communities . |
| 30 | Glancing at the table , she saw that the girl had done everything just as she had shown her … the big brown teapot had pride of place in the centre of the table , with the pretty rose-patterned milk jug and sugar bowl beside it . |