Example sentences of "place [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , it was this rule on which the Revenue rested its argument that the taxpayer should be taxed on the full amount of the benefit , even though it was aware that at the time the 1976 Finance Bill was being debated , the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury , Robert Sheldon , expressly stated that the benefit of a school place given at concessionary rates to the child of a teacher at that school would be ‘ assessed on the cost to the employer , which would be very small indeed in this case ’ . |
| 2 | It does not hold such a prominent place in the village as Christ church near the pond , but nevertheless it is now too small for the congregation , so after years of searching a place has at last been found to build a new larger church on the outskirts of the village . |
| 3 | I wondered if this had been the right place to come at all . |
| 4 | I know this after a dispiriting tour of San Francisco looking for a place to eat at 10 pm . |
| 5 | Anyway , please could you thank GEORGE most sincerely for his endeavours — the fact that everyone pulls their weight up there ensures the place runs at minimal cost to all users . |