Example sentences of "[vb -s] place at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This cleaning takes place at a definite cleaning station , usually by a large rock or near some other bold feature on the sea bed . |
| 2 | It has been argued by Clegg ( 1976 ) that in terms of the causal direction of the relationship it is the level of bargaining which determines the degree of centralisation , with the result that power is decentralised within organisations when bargaining takes place at a decentralised level , and vice versa . |
| 3 | The second method for regeneration to be initiated is by a time clock , so that it takes place at a convenient time such as during the night . |
| 4 | ( An event in this sense is something that takes place at a single point in space , at a specified point in time . ) |
| 5 | This suggests that this counting on of steps takes place at an unconscious , neural level . |
| 6 | The story takes place at an unspecified date but clearly in the years immediately before the First World War . |
| 7 | Out takes place at an unspecified time several decades after the unexplained but presumably cataclysmic event known as the ‘ displacement ’ . |