Example sentences of "place [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I ca n't leave this place for one bloody week ! ’ |
| 2 | From her experience Derry is a tragic place for many young men . |
| 3 | So , above all , the picture is of an administrative reform taking place for new mental health services to be created . |
| 4 | Lazonby seems a strange place for such lofty thoughts . |
| 5 | Keele is the place for such controversial discussion and conversation upon this very important subject continued long after the speaker and the audience had left the lecture room . |
| 6 | A poem about a daisy or a butterfly , however quiet in tone and however naive it may appear in isolation , may be read in this context as a hymn to battle against economic thinkers , who could find no place for such useless natural objects in their systems of ideas . |
| 7 | Typical questions relating to this need would be : has the education authority enough funds to continue to provide a place for all school-age pupils ? |
| 8 | Regional chairman Andy Pottinger said : ‘ The new headquarters will give a permanent base for the RIBA to market architects ’ services to clients and will provide a meeting place for all interested in the built environment . ’ |
| 9 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk , especially the lonely , frail and housebound , and provide a range of services . |
| 10 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk , especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 11 | The appeal hopes to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 12 | Organisers of the appeal want to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound , and provide a range of services . |
| 13 | Organisers of the appeal want to raise £637,000 to build the day care centre , which will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 14 | The centre will act as a meeting place for all old folk especially the lonely , frail and housebound and provide a range of services . |
| 15 | Well I 'll tell you tell you who suggested that yesterday now let me have a look it was one of the councillors was n't it said lob it in the bottom of the arboretum lake it was er Conservative Councillor Charles Clarke who said the only suitable place for that daft leaf is in the middle of the arboretum lake . |
| 16 | Somebody said the only suitable place for that daft leaf is in the middle of the arboretum lake . |
| 17 | thought Africa no place for that grubby |
| 18 | The house was clearly meant to be a family home rather than a place for grand entertaining . |
| 19 | ‘ A system owned by the Area Organiser ( O ) — ( ie the Social Services officer responsible for the area , using the ownership hierarchy theory explained in Chapter 5 ) , operated by officers and staff of the EPH , other designated Social Services officers , associated staff of the District Health Authority , relatives and friends of clients ( A ) , which uses given resources to provide a congenial dwelling place for referred elderly people ( C ) , within which the individual needs for physical and emotional support are determined and met ( T ) . |
| 20 | There be a clear place for each simple subject , which is regarded as falling within one of the major disciplines in the scheme . |
| 21 | ‘ The message , ’ says Robin Richardson of the race relations charity Runnymede Trust , ‘ seems to be there is no place for black ethnic minority people in the centuries-old history evoked by this picture — and , by implication , in the historic work ahead of us ’ . |
| 22 | It was evident that for many young people the ‘ image ’ of the bookshop was old fashioned , dusty , a place for scholarly introverted people , and so on . |
| 23 | It is an obvious place for young hard rock/heavy metal acts to make themselves known . |
| 24 | A full fixture list is in place for six senior teams , with the introduction of a 3rd XI on Sundays . |
| 25 | A HOUSE BY THE SEA IS A RESTING PLACE FOR WEARY NEW YORKERS AND THEIR TRAVELLER 'S TROPHIES . |
| 26 | ‘ I was looking for a hiding place for some stupid necklace I 'd bought , and the bureau was the nearest thing to hand ! ’ |
| 27 | But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason . |
| 28 | ‘ Would you like to come back to my place for some oral sex ? ’ a young woman asked . |
| 29 | But despite Mick 'n' Keef 'n' more besides , and playing an important role in shaping Britain 's nascent youth culture , it is but recently that Reading has once again become the only place for any self-respecting hep cat to pitch a tent during late August . |
| 30 | This is not the place for any lengthy examination of the concept of justice . |