Example sentences of "in place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barry has already spent 21 years of his working life doing ‘ occupational therapy ’ in place of real work . |
| 2 | Use low-sodium salt in place of ordinary salt at home . |
| 3 | Perhaps we should be asking our local authorities to install wheelchair access gates in place of ordinary kissing gates wherever possible . |
| 4 | In place of ordinary light bulbs , you could use compact fluorescent lamps . |
| 5 | The emergence of nation states , initially in Western Europe and the US , depended upon two main conditions : one was the development of modern centralized government , undertaken by the absolute monarchs from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century , while the other was the rise of nationalism , embodying the idea of political self-determination for a social group which inhabits a definite territory , conceives itself as having a distinct ethnic and cultural character , and has embarked upon a struggle to establish popular sovereignty in place of dynastic rule . |
| 6 | The theme of the conference was ‘ Museums : Rethinking the Boundaries ’ , and Russian Culture Minister Nicolai Gubenko gave the keynote , in English , in place of no-show Vaclav Havel . |
| 7 | Gonzalo Martii Granizo in place of Rear Adml. |
| 8 | Carlos Vila in place of Rear Adml. |
| 9 | On March 11 US President Bush named Daniel Goldin as the new head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) in place of Rear Adml. |
| 10 | This problem is so great that it has become fashionable to call for a new kind of organization to put in place of managerial hierarchy , an organization that will better meet the requirements of what is variously called the Information Age , the Services Age or the Post-lndustrial Age . |
| 11 | Coventry could recall Robert Rosario in place of on-loan West Brom striker Paul Williams . |
| 12 | Schools who had the interest and expertise should be encouraged to make a reasonable investment of time in teaching such units in place of separate optional topics . ' |
| 13 | Only four minutes had elapsed when Paul Stewart , used in an emergency striker 's role in place of Israeli Ronny Rosenthal , was chopped from behind by Eric Young — the kind of treatment that enraged Souness . |
| 14 | Divorty is in the second row in place of injured Australian Mike McLean , with another ex-Leeds man , Gary Lord , at loose forward . |
| 15 | Roberto Mancini , playing in place of injured Juventus striker Roberto Baggio , was the man who made the party go with a swing for the Italians . |
| 16 | Abrams argued that in place of traditional informal networks , one can observe the growth of ‘ neighbourhoodism ’ , which is ‘ an attempt by newcomers to create a local social world through political or quasi political action ’ . |
| 17 | Spellings , titles , and the use of initials in place of long names are all very important . |
| 18 | In some cases this can be achieved by obtaining an order that an affidavit by the witness be read at the trial in place of oral evidence . |
| 19 | These recits are the most interesting of Guedron 's works ; it was he who was responsible for introducing them in place of spoken dialogue , thereby taking the ballet de cour a significant step nearer to opera , particularly in the Ballet de la Délivrance de Renaud ( 1617 ) ( see also p. 322 , n. 44 ) and Ballet du Roy sur L'Adventure de Tancrède en la forest enchantée ( 1619 ) . |
| 20 | Continental-style pressurised hot water systems in place of the conventional header tank , underfloor heating instead of radiators , condensing boilers in place of standard designs quickly pay for themselves . |
| 21 | At a federal congress on May 28-31 in Bremen 97.4 per cent of delegates voted in favour of the election of Björn Engholm , 51 , as chair of the SPD in place of Hans-Jochen Vogel , 65 , who was retiring after four years ( but would remain chair of the SPD faction in the Bundestag . |
| 22 | In place of vague ideological statements and piecemeal policies the primary sector now needs a substantial programme of professional development and support aimed at enhancing the curriculum expertise of all its primary staff , and targeted in the first instance on those aspects of the curriculum where studies like this have identified the greatest problems . |
| 23 | And , as the IFS points out , the system still encourages perks in place of straightforward pay , because these still do not bear national insurance charges . |
| 24 | Bath/shower mixers ( fitted in place of existing bath taps ) and electric showers ( connected only to the cold rising main ) are the easiest to fit . |
| 25 | The Green Paper suggested three possibilities for change including a proposal to adopt a general prohibition on abuse of market power in place of existing legislation similar to the Article 86 approach and supported by strong investigatory powers for the OFT , financial penalties for breach and the possibility of third party actions . |
| 26 | C.E. Heath Trustee Company will be able to act in conjunction with or in place of existing pension fund trustees . |
| 27 | Carlos Rivera Aceves of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) was elected by the Jalisco state legislature on May 1 to be interim state Governor in place of disgraced PRI hardliner Guillermo Cosio Vidaurri . |
| 28 | If there is no room to fit a separate shower cubicle , the simplest answer it so fit a bath/shower mixer in place of normal bath taps . |
| 29 | In their place , new , rightish figures emerged — Nigel Lawson at the Department of Energy ; Norman Tebbit in place of Prior at Employment ; Nicholas Ridley , the driest of dry monetarists , as Financial Secretary to the Treasury . |
| 30 | Mosbacher justified his decision on the grounds that to substitute population estimates in place of actual figures would be to " abandon a 200-year tradition of how we actually count people " . |