occupy - use in sentences

Object

  • position: The Abbey town of Paisley occupies a unique position in Scottish history.
  • acre: In total the European institutions occupy almost 500 acres of office space in Brussels.

Adjective complement

  • most: Sphagnum bog with lawns, hollows and mounds is present across the central mire expanse, which occupies most of the site.

Subject

  • tenant: He discovered that her English property, Jeffs, was occupied by longstanding tenants who paid an almost negligible rent.
  • Roman: Alban lived in the third century, when Britain was occupied by the Romans.
  • diplomat: Armed forces accommodation or properties occupied by a member of a visiting force or occupied by foreign diplomats.
  • army: As a result, Italy had been occupied by the German army.

Preposition: as

  • dwelling: Human Rights Act Article 8 applies in this case because the building is occupied as a dwelling.

Preposition: in

  • solidarity: News reached Rome and the Dutch Embassy was occupied in solidarity.

Preposition: by

  • troop: INFORMATION ' Guadalcanal ' : the largest of the Solomon Islands, occupied by Japanese troops during the Second World War.
  • tenant: He discovered that her English property, Jeffs, was occupied by longstanding tenants who paid an almost negligible rent.
  • Roman: Alban lived in the third century, when Britain was occupied by the Romans.
  • diplomat: Armed forces accommodation or properties occupied by a member of a visiting force or occupied by foreign diplomats.
  • army: As a result, Italy had been occupied by the German army.
  • widow: They were to be occupied by six poor widows who were members of the Church of England.

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