11.   That was the conventional wisdom in conventional Western business circles, in cautious places like New York and Frankfurt.

12.   The empty ornamental pond was choked with rotten leaves, starlings blew about the place like avian litter.

13.   The growing importance of the service industry is especially apparent in a place like Miami.

14.   The houses in the suburbs have wonderful amenities, unlike the overcrowded tenements of places like Hoboken.

15.   There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.

16.   They came to places like Southend, Thurrock and Basildon, and found it a bit of a culture shock.

17.   Rich countries like the US think they can just trample on places like Cuba and get away with it.

18.   Anyway, there is no place like home.

19.   There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked?on a place like this -- and not much for the virtuous either.