Example sentences of "[be] a place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where he had been standing had been a turning point for cars once upon a time — when there were still cars in the world — but this had never been a place for modern things . |
| 2 | I have always found Middle Washfold to be a place of fascinating interest . |
| 3 | I 've nothing against aeroplanes landing on stage , but there should be a place for personal musicals , and frankly they 're all I know how to write . |
| 4 | Along with the Israeli melons , the Swaziland avocados , and the Kenya asparagus of present-day classy restaurants there might well be a place for Mediterranean tomatoes . |
| 5 | ‘ Simmetry ’ would be a place for dead people , lending new meaning to Blake 's poem about the tiger . |
| 6 | The radical idea that the office might be a place for life-long learning is nowhere better demonstrated than by Harry Quadracci , chairman of $500 million turnover Quad Graphics of Wisconsin . |
| 7 | While there will always be a place for human intelligence ( Humint ) , past experience suggests that MI6 is unable to produce anything that remotely justifies its annual cost . |
| 8 | There 's a place for crass music I think . |
| 9 | There is a place on sun-kissed Majorca that is n't even a little bit crowded . |
| 10 | There is a place for minimum rates of pay . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is a place for parliamentary contacts where we have no diplomatic relations ? |
| 12 | There is a place for psychiatric units at general hospitals , for separate , perhaps isolated , specialized hospitals where a therapeutic community approach can be implemented , and for effective community mental health services . |
| 13 | In addition to changes in structure and general climate there is a place for short bursts of motivational effort . |
| 14 | The capital that has grown up around the old village of Muscat is a place of broad roads , shops , trees and flowers , imposing offices and graceful buildings in great variety . |
| 15 | It is a place of wide expanses , immense opportunity , widespread corruption , constant violence , sexual laissez-faire and general fantasy , appalling gulfs between rich and poor , between survivors and the condemned . |
| 16 | Here is a place of pure abstraction and perfection , free of earthly contamination . |
| 17 | It is a place of special pilgrimage , and after a hearty lunch our party of pilgrims set off en masse to visit it . |
| 18 | Sicily , the largest island in the Mediterranean is a place of immense beauty and historic interest . |
| 19 | The ‘ Lions ’ Cemetery ’ , as it is called , is a place of breath-taking atmosphere . |
| 20 | East Anglia on a sunny weekend is a place of matchless beauty . |
| 21 | Despite these defects , at its best it is a place of civilized relaxation , as well as hard work , and an unrivalled solvent of social prejudices and preparation for democratic living . |
| 22 | Henry 's court is a place of dramatic lighting and suppressed excitement , while the atmosphere of the French deliberations is more informal , full of frustration and weariness . |
| 23 | However , there is a place in social research , and a very important one , for the type of interview which stands at the other extreme to the structured one , namely the non-standardised interview . |
| 24 | The plaza was a place for nocturnal meetings , although the majority were of a far simpler , far older kind than two men planning international espionage . |
| 25 | A former royal palace , burnt down in the eighteenth century , it was a place with historic connections but was also impressive : it was the nearest Bucharest had to a hill . |
| 26 | It was a place of great beauty and utter seclusion , lying in a sheltered combe on the eastern flanks of the Quantocks . |
| 27 | This was a place of great beauty and peace . |
| 28 | When Kingston was a mere spot on the map , Swine was a place of great importance , with a flourishing pig market . |
| 29 | The Tyre from which I had travelled was a place of unpaved roads and overflowing sewage , of Palestinian camps and fedayeen guerrillas , of guns and sunken ships and the sharp clap of explosions . |
| 30 | It was a place of extreme temperatures : one moment you were shivering in an icy draught from some gap in the outside wall , the next you felt the frightening heat of a furnace 's breath on your face . |