Example sentences of "sit [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SP1 runs AIX/6000 Version 3.2.3 on top of which sits the Parallel Operating Environment . |
| 2 | Between the torque control and the trigger sits the forward/reverse switch , a smallish device that can be set on neutral to stop the machine being accidentally turned on . |
| 3 | In downtown Los Angeles , on the corner of Westlake and Wilshire , in the midst of crack-heads , loafers and general Nineties lowlife , sits the grandiose County Medical Association . |
| 4 | A couple of offices away sits the living example of a burnt-out band member : A&R manager Carl Smyth , formerly Chas Smash of Madness . |
| 5 | At the end of the drive sits the colonial-style clubhouse . |
| 6 | At the end of the Boulevard there sits the enormous Catherine Palace , baroque and three times the size of the Alexander Palace . |
| 7 | Students must have successfully completed/or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study for the Certificate Programme and have undertaken ( or undertake within the subsequent two months ) the assessments for the remaining areas of study of the Certificate Programme in order to be eligible to sit the final Case Study ( unseen ) paper . |
| 8 | Most of our pupils will be ready to sit the external examination in May of S5 . |
| 9 | No I did n't even get a chance to , to sit the eleven plus . |
| 10 | This will enable those eager and able to sit the relevant examination and thus qualify . |
| 11 | You do n't think that 'll mean one of us will have to sit the other side of the |
| 12 | With Gods to sit the highest ; am now constrained |
| 13 | To the Great House accordingly they went , to sit the full half hour in the oldfashioned square parlour , with a small carpet and a shining floor , to which the present daughters of the house were gradually giving the proper air of confusion by a grand piano forte and a harp , flower-stands and little tables placed in every direction . |
| 14 | Beside him sit the other island dignitaries , the representatives of each of the six communities into which the island is divided . |
| 15 | Up on the platform behind a moat of pot plants that would hold back a crowd of football hooligans , sit the Heid Yins flanked by lecterns with large , coloured bulbs . |
| 16 | They work on five residential courses , when they must produce 17 guide dog and owner units , and then , of course , sit the inevitable final exams . |
| 17 | Above them sit the bold , craggy edges — the first of which is Raven Stones on the very lip of the plateau . |
| 18 | He left Cambridge the following year , not having sat the mathematical tripos because of his delicate health , and became a barrister of the Inner Temple . |
| 19 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 20 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 21 | They sit every two months in the Verderers ' Hall in the Queen 's House at Lyndhurst , and deal with cases concerning common rights , unlawful enclosures , purprestures and encroachments . |
| 22 | On the desks of a large part of the working population of France sits a small television screen . |
| 23 | On the rail of the terrace overlooking the car park sits a small tinker boy , his ginger hair matted with dirt , and his face plump and spotted by soot or chocolate . |
| 24 | In a glass case sits a shrivelled liver , which duplicates the function of an Energy Jewel ( 8 Magic Points ) . |
| 25 | It would be a brave character who pinned a large notice with the words ‘ Here sits a wonderful teacher ’ above her chair in the staffroom , for example . |
| 26 | Made from sterling silver and standing 30 inches high the cup weighs 325 ozs , has two handles and is topped with a lid on which sits a miniature football . |
| 27 | In the forward , lesser seat , facing the gondolier , sits a pale young man in a posture of anxious respect . |
| 28 | Outside the butcher 's shop where James first disappeared sits a bright orange sign . |
| 29 | Inside , sits a diminutive man with a grey beard who has just celebrated his 90th birthday . |
| 30 | On the small flagstoned terrace sits a ramshackle stone barbecue and the garage is an old farm shed at the end of a roughly-laid tarmac track . |