I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ceremony takes place
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The ceremony took place on 13th June at 2:30.
a championship takes place
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The world indoor athletics championships took place in Canada.
a clash takes place
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Fierce clashes took place with local police.
a contest takes place
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The contest took place in Berlin.
a demonstration takes place
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Violent street demonstrations took place in the capital.
a far-off land/country/place etc
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visitors from a far-off land
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far-off galaxies
a fight takes place (= happens )
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The fight took place outside a nightclub.
a migrant comes from/to a place
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A majority of the migrants had come from this region.
a picnic spot/place (= a place that is suitable for a picnic )
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We found a beautiful picnic spot.
a place is full of memories (= makes you remember things that happened there )
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My old home is full of unhappy memories.
a place of entertainment formal (= a place where people can go to enjoy entertaiment )
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Clubs and other places of entertainment must close by 3am.
a place to live
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They’ve finally found a place to live .
a storm hits/strikes (a place)
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We should try to get home before the storm hits.
a storm lashes/batters a place literary
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Fierce storms lashed the coastline.
an attack happens/takes place ( also an attack occurs formal )
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The attack took place at around 10 pm Thursday.
an earthquake hits/strikes a place (= happens in a particular place )
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The region was struck by a major earthquake last year.
an event happens/takes place ( also an event occurs formal )
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The event took place last year.
an execution takes place (= it happens )
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In Elizabethan times, the execution of traitors took place on Tower Hill.
an explosion takes place/happens
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The largest explosion took place at the main post office.
appropriate time/place etc
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I didn’t feel that this was an appropriate time to mention the subject of money.
be (put/placed) on red alert
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All the hospitals are on red alert.
beat sb into second/third etc place
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He was beaten into second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.
book a place on sth
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Students are advised to book a place on the course early.
bring peace to a place
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She was praised for her efforts to bring peace to the region.
click into place/position
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Make sure the lid clicks firmly into place.
decimal places (= one of the numbers after the full stop in a decimal )
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calculations accurate to three decimal places
deserve a place
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You need top grades to deserve a place at the best universities.
distant places
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She loved the wild, distant places of Scotland.
evolution happens/takes place ( also evolution occurs formal )
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We can see signs of evolution taking place in the world around us.
evolution takes place ( also evolution occurs formal ) (= happens )
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A similar evolution was taking place in other great American cities.
expansion takes place ( also expansion occurs formal )
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The biggest expansion occurred in the volume of small issue government bonds.
far-flung corners/places/regions etc
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expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe
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people flying to far-flung destinations
forbidding place/land/landscape etc
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We sailed past the island’s rather dark and forbidding cliffs.
had a special place in...heart
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Her second son had a special place in her heart .
hardly the time/place/person etc (= a very unsuitable time, place, person etc )
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This is hardly the place to discuss the matter.
hiding place
hold sth in place/position
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A couple of screws should hold it in place.
keep/put sth in a safe place
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Keep your credit cards in a safe place.
lay/place sth end to end (= in a line, with the ends touching )
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The roof tiles are laid end to end.
lonely place/road/spot etc
mark...place
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She placed a bookmark between the pages to mark her place .
meeting place
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The pub is a popular meeting place for local teenagers.
no place
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There’s no place left to hide.
parking space/place/spot
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I couldn’t find a parking space near the shops.
place a bid
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The gallery placed the highest bid of $2.5 million.
place card
place kick
place limitations on sth
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Spending limitations have been placed on the council's housing budget.
place mat
place name
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Many of the place names are Scottish in origin.
place of pilgrimage
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Presley’s home has become a place of pilgrimage .
place of residence
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Rome was his main place of residence .
place of worship
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The ceremony must take place in a recognized place of worship .
place sb in custody ( also put sb into custody )
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Few young people are placed in custody.
place setting
place the blame squarely/firmly on sb (= blame someone in a very definite way )
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A military investigation placed the blame squarely on city officials.
placed under curfew
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The whole town was placed under curfew .
place/impose an embargo on sth (= start an embargo )
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The UN imposed an embargo on trade with the military regime.
place/lay emphasis on sth formal
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The coach has placed the emphasis firmly on youth by including three teenagers in the team.
place/put a burden on sb
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This situation places the main burden of family care on women.
place/put a high value on sth
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Our society places a high value on education.
place/put constraints on sb/sth
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Lack of funding is putting severe constraints on research.
place/put sb under arrest (= arrest someone )
place/put sth on record (= officially say something or write it down )
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I wish to put on record my objection to the scheme.
place/put/lay a bet on sth
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She placed a bet on a horse called Beethoven.
place/set sth in context (= consider something in context )
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The issue must be placed within its historical context.
prominent place
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The World Cup will have a prominent place on the agenda.
prominent place/position
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The statue was in a prominent position outside the railway station.
proper place (= where it should be )
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Everything was in its proper place .
public places
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proposals to ban smoking in public places
put/place (a) strain on sb/sth
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Living with my parents put quite a strain on our marriage.
put/place an advertisement in a paper/newspaper
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I tried putting an advertisement for lodgers in the local paper.
put/place obstacles in the way (= try to stop someone from doing something easily )
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Her father put several obstacles in the way of their marriage.
put/place restrictions on sth
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The authorities placed strict restrictions on diamond exports.
put/place sb at a disadvantage (= make someone less likely to be successful than others )
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Not speaking English might put you at a disadvantage.
put/place sb in a dilemma
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His divided loyalties placed him in a dilemma.
put/place sb in a good/awkward etc position
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I'm sorry if I put you in an awkward position.
put/place sb in command
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A third goal put Brazil in command of the game.
put/place sb on high alert
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Troops were put on high alert.
(put/place sb) on probation
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He pleaded guilty and was placed on probation.
put/place sth in jeopardy
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The killings could put the whole peace process in jeopardy.
put/place sth on a ... footing
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He wanted to put their relationship on a permanent footing.
put/place your faith in sb/sth
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The Conservative party put its faith in the free market.
put/place your trust in sb/sth
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You shouldn’t put your trust in a man like that.
put/place/impose a ban
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The government has imposed an outright ban on fox hunting.
rightful place
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George sat at the head of the table, in his rightful place as their leader.
sb’s last/final resting place (= the place where someone is buried )
sb’s place of employment formal (= the building where they work )
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They had a long journey to their place of employment.
sb’s place/country of birth
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I wanted to find out my father’s place of birth.
secure place
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Keep your passport in a secure place .
secured...place in history
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Redgrave won his third Olympic gold medal, and secured his place in history .
secured...place
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Boyd’s goal secured his team’s place in the Cup Final.
Strategically placed
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Strategically placed video cameras can alert police to any trouble.
take your place in a queue (= join it )
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I walked to the bus stop and took my place in the queue.
the country/place of origin (= the country or place where something is made or produced )
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The rugs are somewhat cheaper in their country of origin.
the police raid/storm a place
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The police raided his home and took his computer.
there is no better way/example/place etc
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There’s no better way of exploring the region.
tie for first/second etc place
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Woosnam and Lyle tied for fourth place on 264.
tourists flock to a place (= visit it in large numbers )
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Tourists have flocked to the area ever since the TV series was filmed there.
tourists visit a place
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About six million tourists visit the country each year.
unfamiliar surroundings/place/environment etc
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She stood on deck to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings.
watering place
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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Not surprisingly research on different places produced conflicting results.
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An Irving Gill-designed Balboa Park would have been a very different place from the one we love today.
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Indeed, outside of London few cities can offer such a choice of different places to eat.
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We grew up, went off to different places , drifted apart.
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And we know that the climate is changing in a myriad of different ways and different places all around the world.
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There were 17 different places where the dirt-and-rock bed of the tracks had been washed away.
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All that matters is to educate the local predators, and that can be done with different colours in different places .
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After twenty miles, the three slick-ship companies separated, to land at different places around the target.
good
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A good place for private parties.
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I decided that Farmington was not a good place for renting.
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Is it a good place to live?
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The Border Patrol agrees that the heavy brush offers good hiding places .
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Arthur and I went for long walks - and that little village was the best place in the world.
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The company, like many companies in those days, was for most employees a good place to work.
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It is pierced at the front, is stiff and hard, has a good fixed place .
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One of the best places for grand sycamores is the north fork of Horrell Creek, in the Superstition Mountains.
other
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Only in towns and at a few other places could trains going in opposite directions pass.
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I went to Brighton and saw for myself the absence of most of the top players due to other events taking place .
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They have already been ordered out of Gracanica, Sanski Most, Sanica and so many other places .
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There's plenty of other places .
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There must be other places in the evening where Suzie might be expected to put in an appearance.
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Yet, like other places , Utah has to turn to low-tech services to soak up its growing numbers of literate job-hunters.
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There was only one other place he could be: in his private apartments on the third floor.
proper
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Certainly, these are important highlights and should be given their proper place and emphasis in the narrative.
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She demanded strict ritual performances from them, a proper place to live, sacrificial objects and so on.
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However, each level has its proper place and helps in the understanding of the others.
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The parents come up with a just and proper reason to place blame, and they get it instead.
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Encouraging and enabling the laity to take their proper place in the Church?
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These were difficult and unsettled times, when people needed to be reminded about their proper place and duties.
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The last wish then has to be used to restore one each of these to its proper place .
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We will stop the wanton sale of school playing fields and ensure that sport takes its proper place within the curriculum.
public
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Other initiatives Commissions for companies, public places and so on are usually advertised in the press and art magazines.
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We see each other in public places and we give each other the nod.
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It became an offence for anyone in charge of children to allow them to bet in public places or to enter brothels.
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If you serve alcohol in a public place , you may have to buy liability insurance. 10.
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All the time people are burnt in the public places .
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So if a litter tray is in too public a place , this too may drive them elsewhere.
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He even felt slightly awkward sitting out with her in a public place having coffee.
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Jeff was obviously calling from a public place .
right
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I had a client in the right place at almost the right time.
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Indeed, her heart is in the right place .
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As Fred again points out - her heart's in the right place .
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It was in the right place at the right time.
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More importantly, independents can be the right place for artists who want to keep a degree of creative control.
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Ride, acceleration and handling: Triple aces in all the right places .
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Forrester recommends three principles for companies wishing to build fences in the right place .
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I arrive at the right place , pull out my three-by-five card, ask my questions, and wait.
safe
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Your premium of £ has been based on the information shown in a safe place .
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It just makes your world a kinder, safer place .
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There are some who advocate that, now that that has happened, the world is somehow a safer place .
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She put her card away in a safe place - then couldn't remember where.
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And when I got there I stayed there, it was the safest place to be.
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Denial is a safe place to rest while waiting for grace.
special
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The Yorkshire Dales win a special place in visitors' affections.
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Back then, it was a special place because it had no rival.
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We will miss Father who had a special place in his heart for Middlesbrough Diocesan Pilgrims.
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We already have a very special place in golf.
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The victim does not have a special place in the criminal court.
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When Miles loved the Waldo books, they, too, were given a special box, a special place .
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I've got a special hiding place .
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Helen had taken it to a special place to have it framed, Theresa recalled.
well
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In this sense the world would be a better place without mental retardation, madness, and senile dementia.
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Now, there are other things to think about if we want to make this a better place .
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Could there be any better time or place to be alive?
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I often think the world would be a better place if I were dead. 4.
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It will be a better place for my wives.
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What a better place this world of ours would be if more for-profit organizations would act a little more like nonprofits.
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I suggest that the front row of the chorus at the Folies Berge res would have been a better place .
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Of what you can do to make this a better place to live.
wrong
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The other members of the joint chiefs agreed with him that the Indochina conflict was the wrong war in the wrong place .
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It was somewhat over-elaborate, or, rather, the complications were in the wrong places .
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I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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He was also in the wrong place again.
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They were homely, draped in plaid and khaki, hairy in the wrong ways and places .
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It clung to all the wrong places .
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What is going to emerge is a lot of debt and a lot of unused capacity located at the wrong places .
■ NOUN
hiding
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The tank was very densely planted, with lots of hiding places for these shy fish.
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The rats had not shown themselves again, but I'd begun to feel them watching me from shadowed hiding places .
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They can be territorial, so if keeping several specimens in the same aquarium allow plenty of hiding places .
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It was C ... who had informed Peter of this hiding place .
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From their hiding place they heard one burst of profanity from the driver before other voices crowded round.
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Asik was astonished, he forgot about his hiding place behind the tree and jumped into the road.
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She glanced hastily behind her but, as in the kitchen, there was no obvious hiding place .
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Emmie had climbed into her hiding place on the roof of the old summer-house, to smoke.
market
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Many pastoral and voluntary caring relationships are now bought and sold in the market place .
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The first time buyers recognise the opportunities in the market place .
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Prep schools have no secure catchment area, they have always depended on the forces of the market place for their survival.
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With a beady eye he watches the drama of the market place .
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I believe that part of our responsibility in A&R is to introduce new artists and sounds to the market place .
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This ruling, in effect, accepted the reality of a global market place .
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Standing in the market place , we are - not always but very often - at the origin of things.
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Such monetarist policies meant that employment and interest rates were left to find their own levels in the market place .
meeting
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Voice over It's a recruiting ground for the younger generation and a meeting place for old friends like Billy Connolly.
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The smart cocktail bar is an ideal meeting place with a pleasant atmosphere and the restaurant serves a good selection of food.
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The first meeting place was in a small room with only one window in Lady Stair's Close, Lawnmarket.
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Next evening Dad drove the hired car round Mosta, searching for the meeting place .
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Above all, the centre is a meeting place and focus for Catholics from all over Calderdale.
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Municipal offices and meeting place of the City of Edinburgh District Council.
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Under the republic the forum was both a market place surrounded by shops and a public meeting place.
■ VERB
find
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Even such mundane tasks as eating or drinking have found a place in some ballets.
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Consult with the Negroes in town and find her her own place .
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Many are soldiers of the cross who returned from the Holy Land to find their places filled.
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My editor found a place I could house sit for a few weeks in the suburbs.
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At last I found the right place on an island off the north coast.
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Sometimes when you find such a place it makes that grid seem to disappear.
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We found the place some days past.
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We have to move innumerable times to find a place where we can watch in peace.
hold
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In other words, it would need to be held in place by a strong political framework.
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Have the student slowly remove the hand that was holding the cardboard in place .
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The battery can be held in place using a double-sided adhesive pad or a home-made aluminium fixing bracket.
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They were held in place only by their buoyancy. could wobble and rattle them with ease.
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You will become an important part of a lively and challenging community which will always hold a special place in your life.
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A cord is pulled tightly around the crown to hold it in place .
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Make sure that the wire retainer clips are pressed down firmly to hold the towel in place .
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The white shirt under the gray suit-jacket is stiffly starched; the tie is held in place by an alumnus tie-tack.
live
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Is it a good place to live ?
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Despite these frustrations, San Diego still is second on Anders' list of nice places to live .
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It all has to do with kinship, and a shortage of places to live .
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First things first: I had to rent a modest place to live .
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A lot of people consider London to be big and ugly, and not a very nice place to live .
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When Susan and I visit her, we leave real fast: this is no place anyone should live in.
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He had been looking for a place to live .
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In that gray place the three women lived , all gray themselves and withered as in extreme old age.
put
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It is therefore essential that the control mechanisms for each are put in place at the beginning of the design stage.
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They pick up the fallen stones and put them back into place , virtually raising the thousand-year-old temples anew.
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Take advantage of wet soil to put mulches in places , especially round newly-planted stock.
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The two bombs that exploded in Vallejo were put in place by a bomber.
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At boys' initiation ceremonies, a Mukula log is put near the place where they are circumcised.
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The eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch.
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When the etchings are taken down inmates will have another kind of picture to put in their place .
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The discovery had begun to put humankind in its place .
take
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The murder could easily have taken place over the boundary, in the Metropolitan police area.
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In spirit, then, I will take my place at the barricades beside Mr Wei.
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It will cover the changes that have taken place in assessment since the original version was first published in 1988.
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He took first place with all seven judges.
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Johnston and his colleagues believe that almost all mid-plate quakes have taken place in such weakened areas.
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We've succeeded on this one and we're very pleased it's taking place .
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The turf thing, that took place somewhere else.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a/your happy place
among other things/places/factors etc
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But that study was highly criticized for poor mammograms, among other things.
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I'd like him to look specifically at Personnel's computing problems among other things. 3.
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It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
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Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.
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That could mean, among other things, grouping inmates by race in counseling.
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That meant, among other things, keeping them from making any deal that gave real estate to the Vietminh.
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The industrial revolution, among other things, necessarily produced general literacy.
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You have to give Cronenberg credit for nerve, among other things.
any old thing/place/time etc
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He could play with Orlando any old time.
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If you believed that, then you'd believe any old thing.
as good a time/place etc as any
as if/as though/like you own the place
be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place
be in the right place at the right time
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"You did well to get that contract.'' "Not really, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.''
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An off--duty cop happened to be in the right place at the right time to stop a robbery.
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Being a successful news photographer is all about being in the right place at the right time.
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He could be in the right place at the right time when top jobs come up for grabs next summer.
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He was in the right place at the right time and hustling as he usually does.
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If we do not provide sufficient places, the necessary skill will not be in the right place at the right time.
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It was in the right place at the right time.
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They just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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You have to be in the right place at the right time with the right partner and the right judges.
be in the wrong place at the wrong time
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Kambule claims he was just a bystander when the shooting occurred, a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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The driver was drunk and hit her as she was crossing the road. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
change places (with sb)
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He immediately changed places so he could sit next to me.
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Our lives are hard, but theirs are miserable. I would never change places.
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All the other players then change places.
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But now the two men have changed places, and the boat has worked its magic.
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Gwenellen and I changed places soundlessly.
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No, it was too late to change places at this stage of his life.
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On odd days, we changed places.
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Rabia and Zahara changed places, and Rabia now squatted between Jane's legs, watching intently.
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This is paradox, rather than metaphor: two directly opposed concepts, life and death, change places with each other.
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Why don't you change places with me?
fall into place
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Gradually the clues started falling into place, and it became clear who the murderer was.
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Once the police received this new evidence, things began falling into place.
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Things are finally falling into place for the team.
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Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.
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But just in time, it fell into place.
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Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.
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I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.
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Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.
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That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.
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The route had by now fallen into place.
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Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.
first prize/place
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First prize was an award of $ 1, 500 for the biggest female killed during the year.
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Even though Ausmus should never have been sent away in the first place.
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In the first place, it deals with those elements in human nature which are timeless.
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In the first place, it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed.
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In the first place, it was relativist; it proclaimed no value system as its basis; it lacked normative quality.
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It is the towering, 103-foot cross atop city parkland that landed the measure on the ballot in the first place.
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My family, my household, and my job all demand first place in my life!
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This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.
fix a time/date/place etc
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Before fixing a date do some research.
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Employers generally fix a time limit on the payment of these allowances.
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He added that while Yeltsin is breathing somewhat easier than he had been, there is no fixed date for his discharge.
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She said she loved him, they said they loved him, but somehow nobody would fix a date for a marriage.
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The court will either grant the request on written application or fix a date for hearing.
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The court will then fix a date for consideration and serve notice on the applicant.
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The court will usually fix a time limit for service when making directions and this must be complied with.
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They fixed a date for the weekend and he kissed her goodbye.
from place to place/house to house etc
have friends in high places
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Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
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He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
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I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
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The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
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But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
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We have friends in high places, they said.
have/take pride of place
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A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.
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A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
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Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?
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At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.
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Glass would have pride of place, she said.
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The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.
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There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
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These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.
highly placed
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It is not the first time Cole has investigated highly placed public figures.
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Last night a highly placed source said the last 12 months had spelt the end of the marriage.
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Now and then, as a favor to highly placed people, Papa performed operations.
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Some highly placed people were in fact former pupils of his.
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The Gingrich investigation is hardly the first time Cole has taken on highly placed public figures.
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The proportion of highly placed advisers who had nothing to lose if serfs were emancipated would accordingly diminish.
ideally suited/placed/situated etc
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It is ideally situated along a charming stretch of canal, near to the Waterlooplein.
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Missing too are some of the ski mountaineering classics which are ideally suited to Nordic touring gear.
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Researcher Robert Glover felt that Austin was ideally suited to launch a school-to-work effort.
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The clearing banks were ideally placed.
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The hawthorns are a greatly under-rated family and several are ideally suited for small gardens.
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These skills need much greater emphasis in schools, and work-based learning is ideally suited to acquiring them.
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This is another species ideally suited to the heated aquarium.
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We have large quantities of plutonium already separated and in forms ideally suited for nuclear weapons.
in the first place
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I should never have gone in the first place!
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In the first place, New York is very cold in the winter, and in the second place I don't want to move anyway.
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In the first place, they have a more experienced team, so they're more likely to win.
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We haven't made a decision, because, in the first place, we do not know enough at this point.
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Well, in the first place, Quinn would never say such a thing.
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And there is the question of the relevance of the trading of information in the first place.
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But he came in the first place, to something he knew would be far beyond him.
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He didn't remember being given that form; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place.
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That's how the Richardson's got the Parrot in the first place.
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The better approach, in my opinion, is to eat the right foods in the first place.
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These women should never have been sent to prison in the first place.
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This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.
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We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us.
know your place
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I'll get back to the kitchen then - I know my place!
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Everyone knew their place in the family, and Dad's was usually behind the newspaper.
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George W.. Bush knows his place in the 1996 presidential race.
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He knew his place, Shamlou mused contentedly.
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It ought to know its place, which ought not to be No. 1.
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Mitch and I know our place.
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She did not love him, but he knew his place.
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There was a lot to be said for knowing your place if you wanted help from Bloomsbury House.
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We know our place in this world.
lie (in) second/third/fourth etc (place)
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After his win in Frankfurt on Sunday, he lies second in the series just behind Michel Robert.
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Driving a Banbury prepared Prodrive Subaru, McRae now lies third in the championship.
not have a hair out of place
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He sat at his desk, not a hair out of place, and turning a pencil over in his hand.
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He seemed stern and austere and never had a hair out of place.
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Joel never has a hair out of place.
of all people/things/places etc
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A kitten, of all things.
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He of all people picks his words carefully.
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She heard, of all things, a piano.
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She was a homeless wanderer until tiny Delos alone of all places on earth consented to receive her.
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So, in Missouri, of all places, my Koreanization began.
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The rest of my offences were committed in self-defence, when I found the hands of all People were against me.
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There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.
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William Forsyth began it before he sold out, with the help of John Brown, of all people.
place of honour
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His portrait hangs in the place of honour in the Boston office of the Anglian Water Authority.
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It had the place of honour because, as he'd said earlier, it was unique.
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It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art.
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Richard Wilson, the genius of landscape painting, has a place of honour .
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Stan Wood is the man and he can already claim a place of honour amongst the great fossil hunters of the world.
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They enjoyed the greetings of people in the street and they loved places of honour at banquets.
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They were brought out on only a few special occasions and were always carefully washed and returned to their place of honour .
resume your seat/place/position
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Will the delegates please resume their seats?
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By the time Michele returned and resumed his seat she was sipping her wine, her plate almost empty.
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If your opponent interrupts you, resume your seat while he is speaking.
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Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat.
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Mr Scott resumed his place, a look of quiet satisfaction on his face.
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They resumed their seats and Owen slipped away into a tide of music and colour.
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Winnie resumed her seat and her knitting.
safe place
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I liked the town, for all its drab and muted calm; it seemed a safe place to be.
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In currency markets, when the going gets tough, the investors go to safer places.
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It just makes your world a kinder, safer place.
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She put her card away in a safe place - then couldn't remember where.
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There are some who advocate that, now that that has happened, the world is somehow a safer place.
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While I was absent, Wemmick had warned Herbert to move our guest to a safer place.
sb's heart is in the right place
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He can be rude and bad-tempered sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
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Mike's a little grouchy sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
sb's kind of person/thing/place etc
swap places
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After a short distance he swapped places with the woman and drove her and the baby to Winchester.
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Holyhead could well swap places with the Sealink's basement club Penmaenmawr Phoenix.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a quiet, private place to read in
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a sore place on my knee
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Always keep your passport in a safe place .
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Are you sure this is the right place ? I don't see Emma.
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Britain is one of the most highly populated places in the world.
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I don't think there are enough places for everyone.
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I know a good place to get your car serviced.
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I was looking for a place to park the car.
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If I get a place at Manchester, I'll take it.
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Jennifer quietly took her place at the table.
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Jenny has a place to study law at Exeter this year.
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Keep your passport in a safe place .
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Let's go back to my place for dinner.
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Manchester United go up two places after their win at Liverpool.
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Nothing had been stolen, and all the CDs and tapes were in their usual places.
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Plant the daisies in a sunny place .
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She was born in a place called Black River Falls.
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Sign your name on the list, and find yourself a place to sit.
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Stuart bought a nice place over on Oak Street.
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Studies show that students from wealthier backgrounds are more likely to be offered places at high-achieving schools.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before they were finished, the first charges went off and the place became a hornets' nest.
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Even where links were still in place , their future remained uncertain.
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I always asked his permission before taking a place next to him on the divan.
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In spite of that, when they arrived, the place took hold of her.
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Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.
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The best place to walk is in the middle of the pavement.
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To this place the young Athenians were each time taken and left to the Minotaur.
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Words take second place to nonverbal cues, personal mannerisms, gestures, expressions, and overall appearance.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
better
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They may be better placed financially than many tenants, but their security of tenure can end with retirement.
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The world will be a much better place to live in in about 1, 000 days.
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And the wretched thing is that Gore is no better placed .
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But what better place for Swindon to score their first league win of the season.
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What better place to start than on our own doorstep, with the world famous collections of the Barber Institute?
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Unionists had a majority in Lloyd George's war cabinet, but were little better placed in his government as a whole.
strategically
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Black and white is the theme here and a large white claw-and-ball bath is strategically placed in the centre of the room.
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A few strategically placed stones will show off individual ferns.
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She hoped he noticed the Durex she had strategically placed in the top of one of her stockings.
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Events are strategically placed along its 5-mile length, with major attractions at either end and smaller events along its path.
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Inside the venue, they are strategically placed along the edge of a concert stage.
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A Flintstones Band-Aid is placed strategically over the poster.
■ NOUN
advertisement
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In addition the church might consider placing paid advertisements from time to time, highlighting forthcoming events which could be made especially attractive to the outsider.
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It is essential that sections 0404 and 0405 of this manual on Investment Advertisements is read and understood before placing any advertisements.
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Neild placed advertisements in the newspapers appealing for donations.
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When you do, place an advertisement in the personal column of the International Herald Tribune to read as follows.
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Spooky ... Switching to a smaller scale, we placed advertisements in South London newsagents.
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How do place advertisements create meanings for different localities?
arrest
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Why, he asked himself, had his uncle, Earl Rivers, been placed under arrest ?
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Police arranged to meet Robinson on the street, then brought him in for questioning and placed him under arrest .
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After thirty-six hours during which Kim was permitted to speak publicly of his ordeal, he was placed under house arrest .
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Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny.
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Park then placed him under house arrest , while his captors went free, and later imprisoned him for sedition.
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After he voluntarily returned home in 1985, Kim was placed under house arrest again.
bet
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He placed the bet by messenger.
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About half the normal amount of trades took place as traders were reluctant to place bets ahead of the long weekend.
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Sam would place bets on the horses for him, as Dad was unable to write a slip, nor comprehend form.
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A trader placed bets in the markets on behalf of Salomon Brothers.
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The only way you can place a cash bet is with a bookmaker on Saturday.
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With our last two food dollars he placed still another bet and lost.
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Like every shrewd politician, Michael Heseltine has placed a two-way bet .
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He dialed what I gathered to be his bookie and placed two bets of five pounds each on horses racing that day.
blame
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Do not place the blame anywhere but on yourself, because you alone have chosen that path.
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He placed the blame on the type of lens usually employed by portraitists, recommending instead those used for landscape.
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We must be careful not to place the entire blame upon the amateur historians in Britain's police force.
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When he arrived, he placed no blame on us, but rather on the way we were going about our business.
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But Bradley will not place blame .
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A subsequent military investigation placed the blame squarely on city officials.
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This will often happen when counsellees have placed blame on other people and not looked at their own contribution to their problems.
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Enough shrewdness and sense of dignity belonged to her that she made no mistake about where to place the blame .
burden
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This is not intended to place a greater burden on recognised bodies than on traditional practices.
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The cost of these programs places a heavy burden on those who work.
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An alternative strategy for the government in these circumstances was to place the burden of financing social provision upon local government.
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Short runs just placed a greater burden on employees.
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It was thought fair to avoid placing too frequent a burden on places like Belfast.
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Diplomatically, he placed the burden of responsibility on the state officials, calling upon them to find solutions.
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Chancellor Kohl has placed the heaviest burden of paying for unification on the average wage-earner.
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They say such a requirement would place an unfair burden on them.
child
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In those days I was quickly incensed about the demands placed on children .
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However, I am wary of placing excessive pressure on children and teachers where there are behavioural difficulties or deprivation.
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Such cases of organised abuse may place great demands upon child protection agencies, in terms of both overall resources and special practice requirements.
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A poor match of work to ability can place children in no win situations.
context
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All the topics covered would have to be placed in context but there would be no, say, comparative studies.
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And recording artists are being placed in that same context .
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To explain the difference between the two structures, they are placed in a realistic context .
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This is essential reading for those seeking to place this horror in context and to understand its true meaning.
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Statements of harmony, as with statements of conflict, have to be placed in their context .
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An activated word might be defined as any word placed in a context such that it takes on emotional intensity.
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But their details are often still controversial and their meaning can only be appreciated by placing them in context .
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Even so, it has to be placed in context .
emphasis
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As a consequence he placed considerable emphasis in meeting the deadline for the submission of the self-assessment document.
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Many school-to-work programs place a strong emphasis on SCANS-type competencies.
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Like Degas, the heir in this respect of Ingres, he placed great emphasis on drawing.
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In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow.
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From the start, Copyrights placed the emphasis on the international market and, instead of using sub-agents, opened its own offices.
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For example, some employers may pay well above the industry, while placing minimal emphasis on the benefits as a result.
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He placed the emphasis on high street fashion.
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Officials are placing more emphasis on making streets attractive and on mass transportation.
foot
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Subtleties in the texture of the grit, patches brushed clean of lichen, told him where to place his feet .
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But it can not all be placed at the feet of the networks.
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For a moment he was held, and then he was ceremoniously placed at the feet of the Prime Minister.
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On gentle slopes it's easy to place the foot with the sole flat; your bodyweight will then secure the points.
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As he reached for the phone, he realized what he was doing-he was placing his foot squarely in a bear trap.
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Taking great care where she placed her feet , she trod softly down the stairs.
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Then again, why not place my foot in the step of the guy ahead of me?
hand
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Squeezing To boost circulation in the thighs and calves, place your hands on the skin, fingers pointing away from you.
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She places her hands on my cheeks and stares into my eyes.
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Laura placed her hands on his thighs to still him.
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I nearly dropped it when I felt it being placed in my hand .
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Rising slowly to his feet, he placed both hands on the table and leaned forward to face Jonadab.
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You come back and place your hands on various people's foreheads until eventually you say the right number.
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Starting from the middle of the back, place your hands side by side horizontally across the spine.
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I placed my hand on the top of the skull and waited.
importance
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Besides, a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice.
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But the current penchant for mixing styles has placed new importance on that special little table with an individual personality.
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Or by placing it third in importance of equipment?
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Co., said the measure places too much importance on whether buyers or sellers initiate transactions.
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Business courses place an importance on creative thought because it is new ideas which keep a business ahead of its competition.
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They place great importance on concrete feedback on how well they are doing.
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Resource-based learning has placed greater importance on learning how to learn and the handling of information.
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People who place great importance on the goals of autonomy, creativity and growth will have no difficulty in filling the paper.
limit
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This places an upper limit on our lifespan.
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If your child crosses that line, you need to place strict limits on his behavior.
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An investor can wait for a transaction to match their order by placing it within the limit order system.
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Critics charge the bills would cut legal immigration by 20 to 40 percent by placing new limits on all categories of entrants.
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Of course applicants may continue to have advice and representation of their choice; we place no limit on either.
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Since then, more funds have begun using the word duration in their names, and placing duration limits in prospectuses.
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The mutation rate is bound to place an upper limit on the rate at which evolution can proceed.
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You may want to place a limit on how much one partner can handle without consulting the other.
order
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To find out more or to place an order , return the coupon or ring the number below.
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Investors and traders who had expected the dollar to fall had placed the orders to limit their losses.
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Last summer he was placed under a supervision order after being found guilty of burglary, armed robbery and car theft.
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And with it an advertisement for life insurance, plus a little card I could fill out to place my order .
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So we urge you now to place your order by post or by phone.
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Edna was placing the kitchen in order .
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After you have placed your first order , further half-litres come willy-nilly and are put in front of you, until you decline.
position
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The picture will only appear if it's placed in the correct position .
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As the plane circled in search of Dee Zed, the jump team was placed in position .
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Then simply place the blocks in position , edge to edge according to your design.
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The body of Blessed Eustochia Calafato was also placed in that same position one hundred fifty years after her death.
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The best policy is to try not to be placed in a position where you risk serious criticism on account of your behaviour.
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Fire Precautions Instructions about what to do in case of fire are placed in prominent positions throughout your place of work.
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Open out the pattern and place it in position at the window to check its proportions.
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Often the squares are placed in a central position and enclose a figured medallion.
premium
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Up and down hill fences pose problems for the horse by placing a premium on balance and impulsion.
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When the top leader places that kind of premium on seamless communication and openness, it sets the tone for everyone.
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Both personally, and in his political philosophy, Hobbes placed a high premium on peace and stability.
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Barbara, as usual, seemed to be placing a premium on maintaining her composure.
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This now places the highest premium on the individual player as the element most likely to win the tournament.
probation
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When he was at Montclair Prep, rules violations resulted in the entire athletic program being placed on probation .
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Today he was placed on probation for two years.
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Gary DeHart, two-time series champion Terry Labonte's crew chief, also was fined and placed on probation in Daytona.
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Anthony Ganguly continued the deception when he appeared before Teesside magistrates and was placed on probation .
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Most of those were placed on probation and continued to practice while they completed therapy themselves.
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Whereas conventional criminals lack the wherewithal to pay for being placed on probation , no such inability is true for corporations.
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Channell and Miller pleaded guilty to a single felony and were placed on probation for two years.
record
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I place on record appreciation to David Blackmore and his staff for all their efforts in addressing these problems.
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She placed the record on the turntable and the muted trumpet of Jonah Jones softly assailed the room.
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I am merely placing on record , as precisely as possible, the conditions that determined the starting-point of our inquiry.
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That she kept screaming these exact words and weeping had been placed on her record as the manifestation of a childhood delusion.
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I also place it on record that I very much welcomed the Minister's attitude in Committee.
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Cork, wish to place on record our disgust and concern at the continuing objection to the establishment of this plant.
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I wish to place on record my party's stance and my personal stance on the reprocessing of nuclear material at Dounreay.
reliance
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There is a danger in placing over-much reliance on the Attorney's discretion.
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As a general warning vendors should not place too much reliance on employment cases.
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He also learned not to place too much reliance on his senses and feelings.
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Conversely, of course, those who have little in common have to place greater reliance on the language.
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You will also need to take up references, though do not place too much reliance on these.
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If he placed no reliance at all upon it, he can not complain of a misrepresentation.
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He said he placed little or no reliance on either of them as to what happened.
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However, it is wrong to place total reliance on guidebook descriptions.
restriction
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In response the authorities had to place restrictions on capital imports. 6.
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To do this it will be necessary to place some further restrictions on the model.
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All but one of those released have been placed under heavy restriction orders.
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Environmental lawyers warned that this ruling would place severe restrictions on future law suits.
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Not withstanding his attempts to appease conservative critics, Mr Frohnmayer's aversion to placing any restrictions on artistic freedom was increasingly apparent.
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The papacy, to maintain orthodoxy, placed restrictions on which universities could teach theology.
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Few insurers place any restrictions on young people using an organ.
side
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Two canvas chairs were placed side by side in a machine that begged comparison with the Wright brothers' first efforts.
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After this solemn function, the body was placed above a side altar in a crystal urn.
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The pulpit, instead of being central, was placed to the right-hand side , looking from the back pews.
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A baseline graph actually consists of two graphs placed side by side.
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On entering the office I saw that Donald had placed two hard chairs side by side facing his desk.
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As one song bounced quickly to another, the words flashed on to two large screens placed on either side of the stage.
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All the living and bedrooms are placed on the south side , facilitating the effective area of plain wall on the north.
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To serve, place squab on one side of the plate.
strain
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The fact that an increasing number of women want paid employment has also placed further strain on caring arrangements.
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Occupational therapists also can modify items to make it possible to use them without placing a strain on arthritic joints.
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To accept them all would place an intolerable strain on her health, but she rarely fails to help a charity.
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The rapidly increasing urban population has placed an impossible strain on the provision of housing.
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Advances in commerce and the use of money were placing great strains on the rice-based economy.
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Though his extravagance was well rewarded, it must have placed a severe strain on the house's finances.
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The arms are straight, placing the strain on the larger groups of shoulder and back muscles.
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But it was the gruelling work schedule Kylie was now working which placed the greatest strain according to friends.
trust
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Now investors place less trust in liquidity and more in their own judgment about a security's risks and potential return.
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These bonds were placed in a trust .
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You are placing a trust in others that in various ways indicates that you have confidence in how they will perform.
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I place my trust in Neil.
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Joseph only had the word of Mary; and upon that word he had to place his trust and accept his fate.
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We had placed our trust in the Tet cease-fire, which the Vietcong had publicly requested.
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He must place his trust in the Prime Mover.
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I suppose that I must place my trust in you.
value
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We will encourage changes to the education system which place a positive value on a pluralist, diverse and multicultural society.
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To place a monetary value on the prevention of an epidemic is largely conjectural.
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This is partly due to parents not placing high value on a daughter's education.
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The other spouse may place a greater value on economic safety and security, Boone said.
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This second position places high value on equality of conditions-adding social and economic equality to legal equality.
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The students in the above study had parents who placed a high value on education.
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Analysts said it was difficult to place a value on the spinoff because Payless' capitalization was unknown.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a/your happy place
among other things/places/factors etc
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But that study was highly criticized for poor mammograms, among other things.
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I'd like him to look specifically at Personnel's computing problems among other things. 3.
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It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
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Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.
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That could mean, among other things, grouping inmates by race in counseling.
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That meant, among other things, keeping them from making any deal that gave real estate to the Vietminh.
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The industrial revolution, among other things, necessarily produced general literacy.
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You have to give Cronenberg credit for nerve, among other things.
any old thing/place/time etc
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He could play with Orlando any old time.
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If you believed that, then you'd believe any old thing.
as good a time/place etc as any
be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place
be in the right place at the right time
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"You did well to get that contract.'' "Not really, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.''
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An off--duty cop happened to be in the right place at the right time to stop a robbery.
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Being a successful news photographer is all about being in the right place at the right time.
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He could be in the right place at the right time when top jobs come up for grabs next summer.
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He was in the right place at the right time and hustling as he usually does.
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If we do not provide sufficient places, the necessary skill will not be in the right place at the right time.
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It was in the right place at the right time.
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They just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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You have to be in the right place at the right time with the right partner and the right judges.
be in the wrong place at the wrong time
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Kambule claims he was just a bystander when the shooting occurred, a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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The driver was drunk and hit her as she was crossing the road. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
first prize/place
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First prize was an award of $ 1, 500 for the biggest female killed during the year.
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Even though Ausmus should never have been sent away in the first place.
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In the first place, it deals with those elements in human nature which are timeless.
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In the first place, it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed.
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In the first place, it was relativist; it proclaimed no value system as its basis; it lacked normative quality.
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It is the towering, 103-foot cross atop city parkland that landed the measure on the ballot in the first place.
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My family, my household, and my job all demand first place in my life!
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This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.
from place to place/house to house etc
have friends in high places
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Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.
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He won't lose his job -- he has plenty of friends in high places.
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I just happened to have friends in high places, who could arrange things like meetings with the mayor.
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The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
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But Tony and his colleagues have friends in high places.
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We have friends in high places, they said.
have/take pride of place
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A runaway hamster called Sophie takes pride of place where the school rat once roamed.
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A Tudor Doll's House takes pride of place in a fine collection of houses and period dolls.
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Are they to take pride of place, as they should in ballets worthy of the name?
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At Maastricht next month, political, economic and monetary union will take pride of place.
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Glass would have pride of place, she said.
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The statue takes pride of place at Gerrards Cross station.
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There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place, their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
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These were retrieved and now take pride of place in the library.
highly placed
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It is not the first time Cole has investigated highly placed public figures.
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Last night a highly placed source said the last 12 months had spelt the end of the marriage.
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Now and then, as a favor to highly placed people, Papa performed operations.
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Some highly placed people were in fact former pupils of his.
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The Gingrich investigation is hardly the first time Cole has taken on highly placed public figures.
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The proportion of highly placed advisers who had nothing to lose if serfs were emancipated would accordingly diminish.
ideally suited/placed/situated etc
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It is ideally situated along a charming stretch of canal, near to the Waterlooplein.
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Missing too are some of the ski mountaineering classics which are ideally suited to Nordic touring gear.
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Researcher Robert Glover felt that Austin was ideally suited to launch a school-to-work effort.
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The clearing banks were ideally placed.
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The hawthorns are a greatly under-rated family and several are ideally suited for small gardens.
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These skills need much greater emphasis in schools, and work-based learning is ideally suited to acquiring them.
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This is another species ideally suited to the heated aquarium.
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We have large quantities of plutonium already separated and in forms ideally suited for nuclear weapons.
in the first place
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I should never have gone in the first place!
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In the first place, New York is very cold in the winter, and in the second place I don't want to move anyway.
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In the first place, they have a more experienced team, so they're more likely to win.
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We haven't made a decision, because, in the first place, we do not know enough at this point.
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Well, in the first place, Quinn would never say such a thing.
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And there is the question of the relevance of the trading of information in the first place.
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But he came in the first place, to something he knew would be far beyond him.
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He didn't remember being given that form; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place.
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That's how the Richardson's got the Parrot in the first place.
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The better approach, in my opinion, is to eat the right foods in the first place.
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These women should never have been sent to prison in the first place.
▪
This assumes that banks have surplus liquidity in the first place.
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We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us.
not have a hair out of place
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He sat at his desk, not a hair out of place, and turning a pencil over in his hand.
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He seemed stern and austere and never had a hair out of place.
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Joel never has a hair out of place.
of all people/things/places etc
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A kitten, of all things.
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He of all people picks his words carefully.
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She heard, of all things, a piano.
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She was a homeless wanderer until tiny Delos alone of all places on earth consented to receive her.
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So, in Missouri, of all places, my Koreanization began.
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The rest of my offences were committed in self-defence, when I found the hands of all People were against me.
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There I was admitted by the butler, of all people.
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William Forsyth began it before he sold out, with the help of John Brown, of all people.
place of honour
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His portrait hangs in the place of honour in the Boston office of the Anglian Water Authority.
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It had the place of honour because, as he'd said earlier, it was unique.
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It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art.
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Richard Wilson, the genius of landscape painting, has a place of honour .
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Stan Wood is the man and he can already claim a place of honour amongst the great fossil hunters of the world.
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They enjoyed the greetings of people in the street and they loved places of honour at banquets.
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They were brought out on only a few special occasions and were always carefully washed and returned to their place of honour .
put/place a premium on sth
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Modern economies place a premium on educated workers.
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Barbara, as usual, seemed to be placing a premium on maintaining her composure.
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In my own garden, I put a premium on fresh greens.
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International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world.
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Up and down hill fences pose problems for the horse by placing a premium on balance and impulsion.
put/place sb on a pedestal
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My last boyfriend put me on a pedestal .
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Another will place philanthropy on a pedestal and yet have a resentful, unforgiving spirit.
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I was the most beautiful, wonderful woman and he put me on a pedestal .
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If it is going to be special, put it on a pedestal of sorts.
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Let's face it, possum, there are some who would put me on a pedestal .
safe place
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I liked the town, for all its drab and muted calm; it seemed a safe place to be.
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In currency markets, when the going gets tough, the investors go to safer places.
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It just makes your world a kinder, safer place.
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She put her card away in a safe place - then couldn't remember where.
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There are some who advocate that, now that that has happened, the world is somehow a safer place.
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While I was absent, Wemmick had warned Herbert to move our guest to a safer place.
sb's heart is in the right place
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He can be rude and bad-tempered sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
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Mike's a little grouchy sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
sb's kind of person/thing/place etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Place some lemon slices on the fish before serving it.
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At the age of five, Matthew was placed with a foster family.
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Every week someone comes and places fresh flowers on her grave.
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Food is placed in a large cage, and when the animal enters, the door drops down.
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Guivier's discoveries placed him at the cutting edge of medical research.
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He felt that Jordan's mistakes had placed the family in great danger.
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Pallan's latest win places him in the top ten players in Ohio.
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The temp agency was trying to place me with a law firm.
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The value of the jewels has been placed at one million dollars.
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Winters placed his hand on my arm, holding me back.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A secondary emphasis was to be placed on traffic between Berlin and Tokyo.
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For 100-to-200-page pieces, place a summary after each major section.
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Her big-boned body felt clumsy and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.
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I complicate the test as follows: I place the coin in my hand, then my hand under the cushion.
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If they are not going to fit into school then they must be placed somewhere more suitable.
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In paper chromatography, the solid phase is paper on which the sample is placed directly.
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When families place elderly relatives into residential care, a similar feeling of guilt is often apparent.