Example sentences of "place [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , the position of the feet along with the amount of weight placed through the booms onto the mastfoot determine the angle of heel . |
| 2 | Drains are usually secured by a suture , and a sterile safety pin may be placed through the drain to prevent it retreating into the wound . |
| 3 | A wooden rod was placed through the centre hole of a whorl or disc made of wood or stone . |
| 4 | The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties . |
| 5 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |
| 6 | All advertisements should be placed through the ARC Advertising /RADA public relations company : |
| 7 | The planting aspect takes the form of avenues of trees of which approximately 560 will be planted , and over 57,000 shrubs will be placed through the grounds . |
| 8 | It has a long history of urban culture as a market centre for a pastoral and agricultural hinterland , as a garrison town and a centre of services and administration , and it is equally placed as the gateway to the Mittelland . |
| 9 | It meant the horse that was placed between the shaf of a cart , as opposed to the trace-horse which pulled in front of the thiller . |
| 10 | Using a zig-zagging technique with your garden path will create a felling of greater space and , if it is placed between the plantings , will enhance the ‘ separate room ’ effect . |
| 11 | A split infinitive occurs when a word ( usually an adverb ) is placed between the word ‘ to ’ and a following verb , as in ‘ to really understand . ’ |
| 12 | This is normally placed between the ceiling joists , but it is essential that the space under the water tank(s) is left uninsulated to allow heat to permeate through the ceiling , and that any water pipes and tanks in the roof space are themselves well insulated . |
| 13 | It 's simply placed between the mattress and the baby 's upper body and normal , low and high temperatures are shown in different colours . |
| 14 | Elsewhere in the sale four ‘ vortographs ’ — formal studies of fractured light produced by an assemblage of mirrors placed between the subject and the lens — by Alvin Langdon Coburn made £268,400 in total , nearly four times their estimate . |
| 15 | Whatever panelling you use , and the latter is going to be more expensive , a layer of insulating material should be placed between the panels and the solid wall . |
| 16 | Her hands are clasped in the traditional manner , at centre chest with right hand over left , the index finger of the left hand placed between the index finger and thumb of the right , and clasping a bunch of small summer flowers . |
| 17 | In devising titles , avoid over-florid forms , however , as well as epigraphs ( i.e. quotations placed between the title and the main body of text ) , since these can make the essay appear to aspire to a grandeur or scale that it can not in the circumstances fulfil . |
| 18 | Placed between the lake and the sea , Mar Estang is perfect for water lovers . |
| 19 | A side hole for balloon pressure measurements was placed between the detection electrodes . |
| 20 | In some applications a gear is placed between the motor and load with the aim of adjusting the loading on the motor . |
| 21 | Many problems remain ; for example , it is not yet known how to compute a path that will avoid an obstacle placed between the arm and the end-point of movement . |
| 22 | Each one constitutes a separate ethnic unit , has a self-sufficient economy , a flag , a Supreme Soviet , a council of ministers and , most important , is placed between the area we call Russia and the world outside . |
| 23 | The initial pattern of four patches , symmetrically placed about the equator near 65°N , S ; 120°E , W , is seen in the present geomagnetic field and is stable on the historical timescale ; it has been proposed as a reflection of the underlying convective pattern . |
| 24 | There is no record of where the papingo was placed for the contests held during the first century of the Kilwinning Society of Archers . |
| 25 | It is inconceivable that we could advise our clients in the manner in which Council has advised this institute , A ‘ brown-field ’ site out of London , in say Leeds or Sheffield or York , could attract development grants , rates deferrals and provide jobs and would be better placed for the majority of the membership . |
| 26 | Perfectly placed for the man from the city whose idea of a good time was to get a Roe or a Red in his telescopic sights and blast it with a soft-nosed slug . |
| 27 | But New Zealand farmers could not be better placed for the day when ( if ) other rich countries lower barriers to food imports and abolish farm subsidies . |
| 28 | It is usually formed from lightweight prefabricated sections which are locked together to form scaffolding of the desired length and height on which boarding is placed for the working area . |
| 29 | This well appointed hotel is conveniently placed for the Asitz chairlift to give you a head start into the mountains . |
| 30 | Such items would only become liabilities when contracts are placed for the goods to be provided or the work to be carried out . |