Example sentences of "[noun] placed at the [noun] " 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 .
9 In each case the expression of the gene placed at the Spe I/ Sma I site was significantly higher than that of the gene placed in the Bam HI site .
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