Example sentences of "place by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plant cells contain a vacuole of water held in place by a cellulose cell wall ( above left ) , and leaves wilt if the water evaporates faster than it can be replaced ( below ) . |
| 2 | And she drew his hand closer and laid her cheek on it , so that he knew she , too , was thinking of Bruges , when she had allowed him that right , and of Ghent , and of a place by a waterfall . |
| 3 | This was held in place by a groove in the bottom of the door jamb which projected slightly for the purpose . |
| 4 | It first gained popularity in the ancient world where , in an effort to stop adolescent boys from masturbating , the foreskin was pulled over the end of the penis and held in place by a ring passed through a couple of specially pierced holes . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , they were forced into submission , in the first place by a demonstration of the killing power of firearms . |
| 6 | The writer remarked that he had ‘ never doubted but that he had succeeded in his place by a commission from the Treasury untill of late that I discovered that he only officiated by orders and an interim warrand from the Commissioners of Customs ’ . |
| 7 | Almost ninety years ago Stevenson 's romantic adventures were put in their place by a reviewer in the London Daily Chronicle who remarked that ‘ great literature can not be composed from narratives of perilous adventures ’ . |
| 8 | These changes of pattern take place by a process which bears much more resemblance to that in areas outside public provision and within the scope of market forces than is commonly supposed . |
| 9 | The contradictions of the model help explain why the transition from Francoism to democracy did not take place by a process of radical ‘ rupture ’ , but through a more consensual evolution in which elements of the regime 's own institutions and key political figures played a central role . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This details the acceptable forms of the linking that can take place by a set of pointers relating elements and routes through the structure . |
| 12 | The knot of his foulard tie was held in place by a pearl stick pin . |