Example sentences of "take place [subord] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is normal practice , subject to negotiation , for contracts to be executed on the basis that completion will only take place once the relevant consents have been obtained or approvals given . |
| 2 | The identification of the extra meanings mentioned above can only take place once the initial sentences have been in themselves understood . |
| 3 | Coleridge suggests that such mental creation can take place if the conscious and subconscious minds are combined , because only then can a mind truly understand itself and its own existence . |
| 4 | It was this option which was chosen , and it was suggested that closure should probably take place when the combined population of the two hospitals dipped below the 1,000 mark . |
| 5 | In the plant world new growth can not take place until the old has died and dropped away . |
| 6 | The row took place after the 15-year-old sister complained that a man grabbed her breast in Mitcham , Surrey . |
| 7 | How much intimidation took place after the previous raid is hard to gauge , but in 1955 Charley Head , who had been signals officer with 3 Commando in March 1941 , revisited the islands and learnt that no one was shot after the March raid , although some houses had been burnt down . |
| 8 | No excavation took place until the bored piles were in position . |
| 9 | All this is taking place while the Prime Minister has had his present job and while he was Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 10 | A sociological revolution was also taking place as the social status of owner occupation proved increasingly compelling . |
| 11 | A marked increase in the numbers of nobles had taken place since the early twelfth century . |
| 12 | At least three other massacres by the security forces have taken place since the new government took office . |
| 13 | It was not clear how this infringement is supposed to have taken place since the constitutional court has not ruled on it ( as it should ) . |
| 14 | In The School of charity , Evelyn Underhill draws a parallel between the changes that take place when the Holy Spirit is working in us and the effect of yeast on dough . |