Example sentences of "[verb] [be] placed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your item of concern has been placed at the end of the agenda , the probability is that time will run out and you may want to get it moved forward . |
| 2 | A priority order form has been placed at the end of this section . |
| 3 | A pottery plaque has been placed at the entrance and her picture on the wall in the vestibule . |
| 4 | Something had been placed at the top of the steps , a human figure , bundled up in a blanket . |
| 5 | Yesterday flowers had been placed at the spot where the young schoolfriends died and a simple wooden cross bore the message ‘ To Deanne and Nadine with love . ’ |
| 6 | A case , or carton , something like that , had been placed at the bottom . |
| 7 | He had been placed at the head of the table , a Solomon come to judgement , but a far from happy one . |
| 8 | Her trunk had been placed at the foot of her bed , whose curtains , in harmony with those at the window , were of heavy glazed chintz patterned with flowers . |
| 9 | It was agreed that chapters 15 to 17 should be printed on yellow-tinted paper , with the following explanation at the top of the contents page : ‘ For ease of reference , chapters 15 to 17 have been placed at the front of the report , adjacent to the proposals , and are printed on tinted paper . ’ |
| 10 | They have been placed at the head of this chapter only because it is the extreme case which so often bothers the social worker in consideration of what he or she might be involved in if the sexual side of the work develops . |
| 11 | The coarsest sieve required is placed at the top of a nest of sieves in which the screen openings become progressively smaller downwards . |