Example sentences of "place [prep] english " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fully endorsed the Kingman approaches to the teaching of grammar , which were not ‘ equivocations ’ , but carefully balanced descriptions of the place of English language in the curriculum . |
| 2 | In any plans for future development of their English departments , university institutions should consider not only their particular or local requirements but the rapidly expanding place of English Studies in the life of this country and indeed of all parts of the English-speaking world . |
| 3 | But most interesting of all is the treatment given to Sidney Lee , described in his obituary as biographer , Professor of English , writer on the place of English literature in the modern university , and for thirty years editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.34 In reviewing Lee 's work , Ernest A. Baker identifies him as the complete " humanist " by virtue of his classical scholarship , his faith in beauty and reason , and his exalted hopes of human progress . |
| 4 | BATTLING Aussie goalkeeper Bob Catlin spearheaded a quest for a place in English soccer with a 25-minute video of his goalkeeping heroics Down Under . |
| 5 | Bell has a small but significant place in English architectural history , not only for the strength of his designs but also as an occasional architect coming , unusually , from the mercantile community rather than from the court or the gentry . |
| 6 | [ Edward Doughtie , Lyrics from English Airs , 1596–1622 , 1970 ; G. A. Philipps , ‘ John Wilbye 's Other Patrons : the Cavendishes and their Place in English Musical Life during the Renaissance ’ , Music Review , vol. xxxviii , 1977 , pp. 81–93 . ] |
| 7 | Oh , they made the handsomest of couples , Havvie and his American Princess — the latest Yankee heiress , unkind gossip said , to buy herself a title and a place in English society . |
| 8 | Historically the doctrine of caveat emptor , or let the buyer beware , had little place in English law . |
| 9 | The car may look out of place on English roads , but its owner is sure of one thing … it 'll certainly get the buyer noticed . |
| 10 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |