Example sentences of "placed over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these labs I made my first acquaintance with physics , scattering iron filings on a paper placed over a magnet to produce a pattern which I then had to reproduce in an exercise book . |
| 2 | Lift the steaks , very carefully , on to a wide sieve , colander , or wire grid placed over a dish so that the cooking butter drains away . |
| 3 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 4 | a fiery fellow ( the salamander was popularly supposed to be able to live in fire ) ; also , a circular iron plate which is heated and placed over a pudding or other dish to brown it ( OED ) . |
| 5 | A slice of raw potato placed over a bruise helps to take the blue-blackness out . |
| 6 | Precedent 3 is a framework agreement governing the continuous supply of goods under a number of orders placed over a period of time . |
| 7 | The mark placed over a vowel to show it is a short vowel : fa(v)t . |
| 8 | Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water and whisk with a balloon whisk or electric hand mixer until very pale and thick . |
| 9 | The opening quotation for this chapter should be placed over every school library catalogue for the message is the need for librarians to provide learners with a means for learning about the interrelationships of subjects in an increasingly multi-disciplinary school environment . |
| 10 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
| 11 | A massive , handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave . |
| 12 | The royal arms , which symbolized the supremacy of the crown over the church , were generally placed over the tympanum where the rood had previously stood . |
| 13 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
| 14 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 15 | Water is pumped through gravel placed over the grid ( or plate ) . |
| 16 | The pattern is then placed over the board , and the surface of the paper facing you is rubbed with chalk . |
| 17 | Broad transparent colour was then placed over the top to complete the effect , with minor details added as necessary . |
| 18 | Buddhism , like Hinduism from which it emerged , is also a scientific teaching , and the Swastika borrowed from the Hindus is a symbol of esoteric Buddhism and as such was placed over the heart of the Buddha , stamped on the breasts of departed Initiates and planted wherever Buddhists have left their mark . |
| 19 | Peroperative cholangiography showed two clips partially placed over the CBD , which were subsequently removed . |
| 20 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
| 21 | The skeleton , whose hands are placed over the groin in one of the traditional attitudes of repose , is slightly proud of the shell ; hence the gable lid , resulting in a close-fitting coffin . |
| 22 | If undergravel filtration is used , a fine polythene gauze of a fine-mesh cloth should be placed over the filter-plates prior to putting the layer of clay . |
| 23 | At least two inches of washed gravel ( washed means swilling repeatedly in a large bucket until the water runs completely clear ) should be placed over the plate — allow 10lb per square foot . |
| 24 | The idea that science should be expressed in someone else 's language , the compulsory ‘ the test-tube was placed over the bunsen burner ’ , may disadvantage many pupils but especially girls if that other language is seen to be part of the world of men . |
| 25 | As instructed , the building was largely three-storey , but it stood on a high basement and was dominated by a spiky ventilation tower centrally placed over the War Department . |
| 26 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
| 27 | This possibly indicates that the alignment was intentionally placed over the countryside from the church at Bishops Cannings to the one at Didcot some 54 kilometres away . |
| 28 | A preheated cupping glass would then have been placed over the wound and the cooling action of the air inside would have produced a vacuum capable of sucking the blood out . |
| 29 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 30 | Their problem can be partly solved by the use of a portable plastic bidet that can be filled at the washbasin , placed over the lavatory and emptied into it after use ( see Chapter 12 ) . |