Example sentences of "a place on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , you could be in line to win a place on a 10-month MBA course at INSEAD , courtesy of Arthur Andersen and Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 2 | The decision by the Post Office 's powers-that-be to deny the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped , a place on a planned series of commemorative postage stamps in 1994 — the centenary of his death — has angered a group of members of the Robert Louis Stevenson Society . |
| 3 | The final fall-back position for this group of very hard to place unemployed people should be the offer of a place on a temporary work scheme . |
| 4 | A lot can be learned about a place on a long Sunday morning run . |
| 5 | Rank Xerox estimates the cost of replacing an executive exceeds £300,000 whereas a place on a typical stress management course is between £200 and £3,000 for an executive . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I had to fight for a place on a packed plane and , after much pleading , they finally knocked someone off their list . |
| 7 | Moreover , a serious disadvantage is that a student enrolling for a Dip.HE course is not guaranteed , in every case , that on successful completion of the course he will secure a place on a subsequent degree course . |
| 8 | The local authority to which he applied refused to provide the necessary grant , and the person was sadly compelled to turn down a place on a one-year post-graduate course which had already been offered to him . |
| 9 | Others may be offered a place on an in-house training course by one of the Compact firms . |
| 10 | LYNDON Harrison , Euro MP for Cheshire West , has gained a place on the European Parliament 's Monetary Committee . |
| 11 | Wagon-loads of fish , fruit , salted meat , English wool and Flemish velvets , each wagon jostling for a place on the rutted track . |
| 12 | His unusual combination of financial expertise with millenarian enthusiasm gained him a place on the small council of state that administered the country until the Nominated Assembly ( or Barebone 's Parliament ) took over in July 1653 . |
| 13 | They 're a mile from the nearest road and accessible only by foot , unless of course you 're one of the thousands of seabirds wheeling and jostling for a place on the rocky ledges . |
| 14 | And of course , although they have a legal sovereignty as I 've mentioned , and they each have a place on the General Assembly and the General Assembly of the United Nations , there are enormous differences between the resources which are available erm for different states and their capacity to act . |
| 15 | So Giles decided to make an all-day excursion to a place on the other side of the mountains , about ten miles away . |
| 16 | She swallowed , then , taking another deep breath , she said quickly , ‘ In fact there 's a place on the other side of town ; it 's called Conway House and it caters especially for handicapped people … ’ |
| 17 | The year 1973 came close to repeating the triumphs of 1972 but , as usual in FI , other cars were catching up with the Lotus , though not in qualifying , for 1973 was the year in which Ronnie Peterson notched an astonishing nine pole positions and a place on the front row in twelve of the season 's fifteen races , as against one and five for Emerson , Peterson finishing a mere three points behind Fittipaldi . |
| 18 | A similar appeal in May turned up new faces , several of whom are still in the reckoning for a place on the under-international panel . |
| 19 | Answering questions about the Burgundy region and Burgundy wines won her a place on the inaugural cruise of a new P&O England-France ferry , Pride of Burgundy . |
| 20 | If you 'll settle for some decent dosh and a place on the world-famous ZZAP ! |
| 21 | Each of the 30 stories in the book bears a relation , sometimes strong sometimes tenuous , to a place on the schematized map with which the reader is presented when he/she opens the volume . |
| 22 | But , as Gordon said at the time , ‘ to maintain my challenge for a place on the national side and even to take part meaningfully in the national squad training , it is necessary to train and play club football at the very highest level ’ . |
| 23 | This scientific enthusiasm was invaluable during his three years as President of the Royal Geographical Society and it has earned him a place on the National Environmental Research Council . |
| 24 | There was still a chance to earn a place on the Olympic team ; the final place would be decided at the AAA Championships at Crystal Palace . |
| 25 | I see the Dewniors as a great stepping stone for young players , with the obvious carrot of a place on the Main Squad for those who show the right qualities necessary to become champions . |
| 26 | Pissarro 's vision of a snow-covered Fox Hill , Upper Norwood , shows a place on the very edge of the country . |
| 27 | Together they 'd made their way to a place on the opposite side of the river , where the forest dropped right down , meeting the bank . |
| 28 | Should they be successful they will travel to Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land , Texas , for the chance of clinching a place on the lucrative L.P.G.A. Tour . |
| 29 | From a place on the shady side I watched the most forlorn spectacle I have ever seen . |
| 30 | Edwards has emphasised , ever since the annual meeting two weeks ago when he used his majority shareholding to secure Knighton a place on the United board that he would make his decision at the end of this season . |