suitable place
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuitableandplace
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suitable
adjective
uk/ˈsuː.tə.bəl/us/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/
acceptable or right for someone ...
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place
noun
uk/pleɪs/us/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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(Definition ofsuitableandplacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Local education authorities and school governors must comply with a parent's preference if the school concerned has asuitableplaceavailable.
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They will take all steps to provide asuitableplaceas soon as possible, but they are up against a serious shortage of accommodation.
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It was also agreed, however, that this was not asuitableplacefor statutory compensation; that is, settlement by the courts.
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A chapel is very seldom asuitableplace.
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I was about to deal with that point, and this is asuitableplaceto do so.
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Asuitableplaceprovided with a good supply of water was chosen and the presiding deity was installed in the temple.
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The most common expenditures were for transport, "alternative" medication/treatment, clothes/shoes, and expenses related to moving to a moresuitableplaceof residence.
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A grammar-checker or a style-checker likewise can at most report only whether a sentence is well-formed, not whether it fills asuitableplacein the discourse you are composing.
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This is not asuitableplacefor doing that.
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They also desire a comfortable andsuitableplacein which to take their lunch.
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We believe them to be so important that we think that is the moresuitableplacefor them.
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Is it not a fact that this is a verysuitableplacefor quick storage?
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Before granting such a licence the magistrate satisfies himself that the young person is going to asuitableplaceand will be under proper supervision.
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Although there has been an argument about defence, this hospital would make a verysuitableplacefor urgently needed accommodation for patients suffering from tuberculosis.
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I appreciate the difficulty the motorist has in finding asuitableplacein which to park.
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We thought that the place where the workman usually receives payment of his wages was the mostsuitableplacefor that purpose.
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If that means they have to wait for asuitableplace, it is better that they should do so than receive unsuitable training.
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Of course a dramatic school may not be at all asuitableplacefor a boy or girl of 14.
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I do not, however, consider that a prison is asuitableplacefor young children who are old enough to be conscious of their surroundings.
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If there is nosuitableplace, and if a sentence of four days is passed, apparently the man is to go free.
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