Example sentences of "place to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The famous paragraph of Article 42 intending to give pride of place to the Roman catholic church in the state was removed by referendum in 1972 , along with the accompanying paragraph recognizing other existing religious groups . |
| 2 | All that happens when we times by ten is that the point moves one place to the right , so what will be the answer can you tell me the answer to that one ? |
| 3 | Good explanations must accordingly respect this vision by giving pride of place to the individual beliefs and purposes which shape the social world . |
| 4 | British and Australian substitutes for burgundy began to give place to the real thing . |
| 5 | In the labour market it reduces to the need by workers and employers to calculate what changes , if any , are taking place to the real wage rate when money wages and the absolute price level are rising . |
| 6 | Fun would have to take second place to the serious business of home-making and saving money . |
| 7 | I remind Labour Members that that article , which was signed in 1972 , was referred by another place to the European Court of Justice , and that question of compatibility must be resolved . |
| 8 | ‘ Race suicide is possible ’ , exclaimed an anonymous commentator on ‘ Sport and Decadence ’ in 1909 , while another author writing under the cloak of anonymity warned in 1912 of ‘ a canker at the heart of the people which will surely destroy it ’ , believing that ‘ the first stage of decay has already been reached when the stolid , God-fearing puritan of two-and-a-half centuries ago has given place to the shallow , hysterical cockney of today ’ . |
| 9 | Heinzer 's win followed second place to the Austrian veteran Leonhard Stock at Val d'Isere and second to Frenchman Franck Piccard in the Valloire super giant slalom . |
| 10 | Frequently for a carer , personal needs take second place to the hard physical and mental effort required for the dependant . |
| 11 | The lady I hoped to marry was Miss Marjorie Alice Barrett , who was a teacher in the National school of St Luke 's , Maidenhead , which I had attended when the family moved up from Somerset , and from which I gained a free place to the local county school . |
| 12 | But for publishing , these characteristics take second place to the creative side . |
| 13 | ‘ I was only making a pleasant remark comparing this place to the big city . |
| 14 | The President is elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term at the same time as elections take place to the 120-member National Assembly . |
| 15 | Somehow all these less exciting duties had had to take second place to the social events Aubrey and Madeleine were constantly arranging for his entertainment . |
| 16 | Your solicitor or estate agent could also be asked to carry out bidding on your behalf as an Auction saleroom can be a tense and nerve-racking place to the unfamiliar . |
| 17 | In the economic sphere , the global capitalist system offers a more or less circumscribed place to the wage-earning majorities in most countries . |
| 18 | Johnson , contradicting him , took him from the particular belief to the general likelihood : from the possibility of a singular holy place to the generic derivation from water : ‘ Had it been an accidental name , the similarity between it and Anaitis might have had something in it ; but it turns out to be a mere physiological name . ’ |