Example sentences of "place [prep] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of its pattern of communications , they will tell you it is an ideal place for a rendezvous . |
| 2 | None of the villagers would go near the pool , which was what made it such a suitable place for a rendezvous . |
| 3 | He was a punctilious blighter and I ca n't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous . |
| 4 | Then , recovering her composure , she continued , ‘ You 'd be welcome to use this place as a rendezvous , if you understand my meaning , Freddie . |
| 5 | Far from extending Darwinian gradualism , the scientists who tried to reconstruct the past had returned to a theory of history that assumed that progress took place through a series of distinct episodes , representing the rise and fall of groups that evolved in parallel rather than in sequence . |
| 6 | EDDIE McGoldrick will have to fight for his place after a £1m move to Arsenal . |
| 7 | That same day , San Sebastian was the trysting place of a series of people whose principal concern , apart from winning the war , was the achievement of a political union " which would have the appearance of spontaneity " . |
| 8 | I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie . |
| 9 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
| 10 | They were the Sayers over at West New Houses , a big place with a sheep moor which belonged to the Strathmores , the Queen Mother 's family . |
| 11 | Sally Gunnell 's women 's team includes 18year-old debutante Katharine Merry , who earned her place with a 200m win over the Olympic champion yesterday , as well as Scotland 's big two Yvonne Murray ( 3,000m ) and Liz McColgan ( 10,000m ) . |
| 12 | Eight thefts of cycles have taken place with a £500 mountain cycle stolen from Barnard Street , two cycles worth £400 from Hewitson Road and a Shogun Trailblazer worth £400 from Polam Road , for example . |
| 13 | The VDU interface exploits the full screen display techniques possible with the VDU , so that all interaction takes place via a series of display pages . |
| 14 | All LIFESPAN user interaction takes place via a series of display pages on a terminal . |
| 15 | Although the cusp has long been considered a well defined spatial structure maintained by continuous reconnection , it has recently been suggested r4–6 that reconnection instead may take place in a series of discontinuous events ; this is the ‘ pulsating cusp model ’ . |
| 16 | This is direct evidence for the pulsating cusp model and that reconnection was taking place in a series of bursts ( FTEs ) at the subsolar magnetopause . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrates takes place in a series of small steps , a metabolic pathway ( the sequence of steps ) . |
| 19 | Most chemical reactions which proceed at a measurable rate are believed to take place in a series of simple steps . |
| 20 | For a long time the hardware available for handwriting recognition was such that the input would take place on a graphics tablet , while the visual feedback appeared on a monitor screen . |
| 21 | These would take place on a series of Sundays , for instance , or as a block of evening classes , and cater for all levels of ability from foundation and introductory courses to advanced tuition , allowing students to progress at a steady and consistent rate . |
| 22 | The festival , organise din association with XFM radio and Riverman concerts , takes place at a series of London venues . |
| 23 | They wanted progress , but preferred to believe that the advances had taken place by a series of discrete steps , each too large to be compatible with any form of natural development . |