Example sentences of "[verb] place [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If profits have been rising that will increase tax payments as the Revenue can elect to reassess the two years preceding the tax year in which the cessation takes place on an actual basis . |
| 2 | This suggests that this counting on of steps takes place at an unconscious , neural level . |
| 3 | The story takes place at an unspecified date but clearly in the years immediately before the First World War . |
| 4 | Out takes place at an unspecified time several decades after the unexplained but presumably cataclysmic event known as the ‘ displacement ’ . |
| 5 | So , in the classroom , as in the family and the peer group , socialisation largely takes place as an unintended consequence of the interaction of its members . |
| 6 | This can be done only if gas exchange takes place in an internal lung , to which air flow can be controlled . |
| 7 | When life brings them into touch again twenty years later , and they are hopelessly in love , a climactic scene takes place in an inferior tea-shop which they visit during a furtive day together in London . |
| 8 | ( As it takes place within an overall structure of hierarchy and private ownership it is clear why the principle can only be described as quasi-democratic . ) |
| 9 | He demonstrates instead the extent to which oral and literate forms of language complement each other : ‘ The development of writing takes place within an oral framework of thought and this may continue to dominate the uses of literacy ’ . |
| 10 | Not only does this branch of urban sociology have a non-special theoretical object ( viz. everything which takes place within an urban setting ) but it has a different and non-explicit : the process of acculturation to modern society , i.e. to American society . |
| 11 | That co-operation will take place on an intergovernmental basis outside the treaty of Rome . |
| 12 | The briefings will take place on an informal basis , however , and will not be specific to individual firms . |
| 13 | The third lesson is that local economic development can not take place without an overall strategy for national and regional development . |
| 14 | Using a type one slot means that PCMCIA devices — such as modem cards — can not be used , instead all communications will take place via an inbuilt RS-232 socket . |
| 15 | Experience in Leeds suggests that intervention must take place at an early stage in order to be effective . |
| 16 | The answer is that a reaction will take place at an appreciable rate only if there is a specific enzyme that speeds it up . |
| 17 | For example storytime might take place at an established time towards the end of the school day , but in a follow-up session the next day questions could be asked to see how much they remember of the story , or one child could be asked to retell the story they heard yesterday ( see Boxes 4 and 5 ) . |
| 18 | Useful investigation can take place in an individualised environment ( as many Open University students know ) ; however , it is often best to approach it as a co-operative endeavour . |
| 19 | Neither invention nor innovation and translation by design can take place in an inflexible or chaotic environment ; nor can they take place if flexible design procedures for capitalizing on new market conditions are lacking . |
| 20 | The effective implementation of a common foreign and security policy should take place within an institutional framework based on " one decision-making centre , namely the Council ; harmonization and , where appropriate , unification of the preparatory work ; a unified secretariat ; a reinforced role for the Commission through a non-exclusive right of initiative ; adequate procedures for consulting and informing the European Parliament ; detailed procedures ensuring that the union can speak effectively with one voice on the international stage in particular in international organizations and vis-à-vis third countries " . |
| 21 | No members of the 4th or 5th generations are yet affected , though males and females of the 4th generation have now reached adulthood and will soon reach the youngest age at which the first operation took place in an affected family member . |
| 22 | The troubles at York and Scarborough , already mentioned , took place in an urban environment , and very conspicuous in the troubles was the city of London . |
| 23 | Prior to 1974 these various activities took place in an uncoordinated manner , but , since then , budget committees have been set up in both houses . |
| 24 | Few people noticed the event as it took place in an uninhabited part of Kamchatcka and caused no known casualties . |
| 25 | All this was taking place in an empty space at the end of the world . |
| 26 | Discreet contacts had taken place since an unpublicized trip to Nairobi in January by the Foreign Minister , Roelof " Pik " Botha . |
| 27 | If Gregory 's ordering of events here is right , and there are no means of testing this part of his account , then the last years of Clovis 's reign were concerned with the internal power politics of the Franks , whereas much of his earlier activity had taken place on an international stage . |
| 28 | Or the defendant may be a multinational bank , carrying on business here , but all the dealings in question may have taken place at an overseas branch . |
| 29 | This meeting is to take place at an early date . |
| 30 | It would preside over a general election scheduled to take place at an unspecified date in the autumn , after a referendum on constitutional reforms on Sept. 4 and local elections on Oct. 16 . |