Collocations withplace

These are words often used in combination withplace.

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appointed place
Porters would then gather at the appointed place.
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better place
Parents expressed comfort in believing the child will be in a better place after dying.
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burial place
The tomb, the burial place, was the site where the dead bodies of men were to be found.
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convenient place
Occasionally they migrate to a new, more convenient place.
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dangerous place
Ignoring the fates of human rights victims almost anywhere invariably makes the world-our world-a more dangerous place.
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desolate place
In my opinion it must be a most desolate place.
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distant place
The goal is to immerse the user in the illusion to be present at a distant place (real or virtual) and not just to interact with a computer.
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dwelling place
It again sees its former dwelling place in the heaven of intelligible ideas.
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exotic place
Its isolation and diverse array of cultures gave it the reputation of being an exotic place.
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faraway places
These are faraway places they know little about.
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favourite place
In cages made of glass tubes the rough surface of the muslin plug is the most favourite place for depositing the eggs.
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gathering place
That is a very agreeable and useful gathering place.
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historic place
I am proud, and at the same time thankful, to be here today in a historic place at a historic time.
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holy place
This small holy place, however, is changing.
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ideal place
This chapter would also have been an ideal place to introduce termbanks.
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logical place
A logical place to look, then, is how environmental and genetic interactions may occur in the gestational or prenatal phase of development.
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lonely place
It has some of the worst accommodation and can be a very lonely place.
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magical place
It is a unique, beautiful and magical place, which has become so, and remains so, through the expenditure of enormous amounts of hard work and considerable sums of money.
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nesting place
Species include ducks, geese, swans and the endangered whooping crane, which has its natural nesting place in the delta.
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out-of-the-way place
You cannot build a station in an out-of-the-way place where people cannot approach it.
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peaceful place
It is not as if the world was a peaceful place today.
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perfect place
Accordingly, it is a perfect place to catch sight of negotiations between the central government and local society.
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place finisher
His mark of was more than eight feet better than the second place finisher.
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place of abode
Only 2 of the 1851 patients gave the workhouse as their previous place of abode, suggesting recent arrival for the remainder.
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place of articulation
All but one of the place errors on velar targets involved fronting to an alveolar place of articulation.
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place of origin
It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from the place of origin of the respective factory worker or the spouse.
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place of residence
Information requested included ages of child, parents and siblings, and parental occupation and place of residence.
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pleasant place
The new development will be a pleasant place to walk through along safe roads.
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polling place
In order to understand just how voter eligibility was determined, it is useful to recall how the polling place was arranged.
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prominent place
They therefore had no desire to see the issue assume a prominent place in insular politics.
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proper place
Clinical examination is rather diminished in importance nowadays, and this chapter emphasizes its proper place, illustrating also the remarkable skills of the authors.
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remote place
Despite this, ageing bodies occupy a remote place in consumer culture.
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rightful place
Giving traditional ecological knowledge its rightful place in environmental impact assessment.
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sacred place
Pilgrims were usually servicemen or bereaved family members who believed that they were going to a sacred place, often with religious motives.
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safe place
She found there was no safe place to unburden her feelings or talk about intimate matters.
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secluded place
But when the marina is constructed, the walk will not be the secluded place it now is.
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secure place
This will be a standard reference with a secure place on this reviewer's shelf of critical, often-used research classics.
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sheltered place
Because the government could only reluctantly move towards those protectionist demands, they wanted to obtain self-regulating authority in order to enforce a sheltered place in the economy for small businesses.
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starting place
For students starting out on the road into sequence analysis this is as good a starting place as you could wish for.
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strange place
But this is certainly a strange place to heave the burden of proof.
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suitable place
A suitable place provided with a good supply of water was chosen and the presiding deity was installed in the temple.
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unexpected place
I am grateful for support even when it comes from the most unexpected place.
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unfamiliar place
They showed people in transition, coming to an unfamiliar place and beginning a new life.
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unlikely place
It is likely to come at the most unlikely place and time.
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