Example sentences of "took place [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of this was that net disinvestment in the colonies took place under the Labour government : inflows of funds were about £40 million , while sterling balances grew by £160 million . |
| 2 | The billet , on the fifth floor of Steel House , the Employment building in Tothill St , Westminster , was selected after discussions with Ms Richardson which took place under the customary pre-election rules . |
| 3 | All these marriages took place during the Great War and it is a matter of generation more than anything else if the groom was a serviceman . |
| 4 | First official event took place during the early afternoon of April 25 , when a large number of people gathered at the memorial site dedicated to the RAF and Allied aircrew . |
| 5 | A striking example of this attitude was provided by the academic debate which took place during the early 1950s as to whether the English words " family " and " marriage " represented " universal " human institutions . |
| 6 | Verbal battles followed in the columns of local newspapers , reminiscent of the rows that took place during the five-year struggle to build the theatre . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , this decline took place during the late 1940s and 1950s when council housing was increasing . |
| 8 | Heated debate over the dam project took place during the 15-day NPC session , with many delegates opposing it for environmental and financial reasons . |
| 9 | This plan was affected by the teachers ' dispute which took place during the main development period from 1984 to 1986 . |
| 10 | Much lively discussion took place about the future development of the product , so highlighting another vital role that the Group has to play in providing feedback to Aldus in order that the product can be developed in accordance with the needs of the users . |
| 11 | What took place towards the very end of March should have made you realise that this is very much a time to hold you fire when dealing with important professional issues . |
| 12 | Consultations took place between the Central Electricity Generating Board , the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the South Yorkshire County Council and the proposed scheme for a lake was given the go-ahead . |
| 13 | Particularly dramatic was the reduction in growth rate which took place between the mid 1960s , when the annual increase reached almost 400,000 , and the five years Figure 4.1 Population change and its components , UK , 1960–87 . |
| 14 | Extensive correspondence took place between the National Council and the colleges , as well as with the local authorities and the Secretary of State . |
| 15 | Mike Benton in his article on the rhynchosaurs ( 7 April , p 9 ) suggests that the so-called battle for survival really took place between the food-source plants and not between the animals themselves . |
| 16 | The real work of the Assembly started with its second meeting on 15 October but before that much negotiation took place between the British and Irish governments and representatives of political parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | The Chinese attack on Vietnam in March 1979 gave the USSR the leverage to activate this agreement ; a gradual extension of Soviet facilities in Cam Ranh Bay took place over the following years . |
| 18 | On 5–7 May , as Tito 's forces neared the Slovene capital Ljubljana , the mass exodus referred to earlier , which included many civilians , took place over the nearby Austria border to the north . |
| 19 | The Crown Prince was just six years old when his father came to the Imperial Throne , and from that moment on all communication — even the most personal — between himself and the Kaiser took place through the formal intermediary of the Chief of the Military Cabinet . |
| 20 | A sufficient convergence of interest took place for the so-called Pentagon talks to be held in the last quarter of 1947 . |
| 21 | The conversion took place of the old Vestry Hall on the corner of Heathfield Terrace and Sutton Court Road , at the beginning of the twentieth century , for the new Urban District Council of Chiswick , the building included not only the Council Chamber and offices and a large Town Hall , but also another Hall named after Hogarth , whose bust is still displayed in the Entrance vestibule . |
| 22 | Another change which took place with the anticipated increase in continental traffic in mind was the merger of Railfreight Distribution with the former BRB subsidiary Freightliners Ltd in 1988 . |
| 23 | Negotiations took place with the orthopaedic department to enable me to refer my own patients . |
| 24 | THE revels that once took place at the New Year turned everything base over apex . |
| 25 | Experiments in electrical recording continued , but the most significant research took place at the Western Electric laboratories in New York . |
| 26 | The presentation — by Shadow Housing spokesman John Battle — took place at the prestigious Savile Club in London . |
| 27 | The polo took place at the Khedivial Sports Club , or Gezira , as it was familiarly known , and the following afternoon found Owen walking dutifully about its spacious grounds with Jane Postlethwaite 's hand resting lightly on his arm . |
| 28 | The best debate in Britain this year took place at the Conservative Party conference when speaker after speaker analysed and criticised what was happening to the economy . |
| 29 | The first meeting , under Boyle 's chairmanship , took place at the Conservative Research Department on 16 February . |
| 30 | His lecture , on Building and the Built Environment , took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London . |