Example sentences of "has [vb pp] place [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | No further work has taken place for a number of weeks , the barriers have fallen down , one of the warning lights has been thrown into the river and another has been thrown into the hedge several times . |
| 2 | The role of step-parents can be hard , especially if the problems have not been foreseen and the marriage has taken place on a powerful wave of emotion and little else . |
| 3 | But such union-government bargaining has taken place on a wide range of issues ; for example , over new investment in poorer regions ( e.g. Eisenhammer 1985 : 42–4 ) , rescue bids for ailing private sector companies ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 82 ) , extension of union participation in management ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 4 | The funeral has taken place of a student who died in a mysterious barn fire nine months ago . |
| 5 | The funeral has taken place of a pilot whose Spitfire crashed onto a runway at an airshow , exploding into flames . |
| 6 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 7 | It can not reproduce all the recording and reporting which has taken place during a pupil 's years of secondary education . |
| 8 | Thus section 9 provides that in any proceedings before a court no evidence shall be adduced and no question in cross-examination shall be asked which tends to suggest that an interception has taken place without a warrant — that is , illegally . |
| 9 | Students will be asked to monitor their own personal and social development which has taken place as a result of work experience and to review this in conjunction with the tutor . |
| 10 | Students will be asked to monitor their own personal and social development which has taken place as a result of the experience and to review this in conjunction with the tutor . |
| 11 | ‘ It had become necessary to dispel these doubts so that , with full trust restored , South Africa 's people could benefit from the technological development that has taken place as a result of this process . ’ |
| 12 | Since then the transformation of rural villages into non-agricultural settlements has taken place in a series of waves out along the lines of transportation from the major urban centres , particularly , in the first instance , London . |
| 13 | The debate in Committee has taken place against a background of what the Chinese , who are celebrating their new year this week , would call ’ interesting times ’ . |