Example sentences of "[noun] placed at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Lights from gaslamps which were positioned round the walls of the theatre were dimmed — lamps placed at the edge of the stage were turned up full and Albert DeNero was drenched with light . |
2 | The situation was slightly better than in the first half of the 1980s , when more power stations were cancelled than entered service , but those under construction all dated from orders placed at the beginning of the 1970s . |
3 | Special displays placed at the end of a shelf unit or counter , where they catch the customer 's eye . |
4 | The first is , at best , a ‘ trade union consciousness ’ or a ‘ subordinate value system ’ , in which people placed at the bottom of the social system recognize they are exploited but seek only to improve their position within it . |
5 | Peat , clay or leaf-mould placed at the bottom with a layer of unwashed river sand or fine gravel should be provided . |
6 | ( Notice how , in both these waist exercises , the weight is also supported by the non-working arm with the hand placed at the top of the thigh . ) |
7 | They turned into a quieter street where open shutters gave a view of craftsmen bent over worktables placed at the front of their shops to catch the best of the morning light . |
8 | Before the end of the fifth century there was no specific alignment of the church to face the east with the altar placed at the east end . |