Example sentences of "sit the [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 | He went on to obtain a commission in the Regular Army , which involved sitting the final examination at Sandhurst , although he had not been a cadet . |
| 20 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 21 | If you are sitting the new Intermediate examination in May 1993 , you will already be aware that group financial statements attract a 35% weighting in the Financial Reporting syllabus . |
| 22 | one from here , one from Denver , sitting the same |
| 23 | People were sitting the main point of the chair is is to enable you to write and it 's actually very satisfactory to write in , it 's just the right height . |
| 24 | The author , Gavin Alexander , until recently head of Hampton School in Middlesex , for boys aged 11 to 18 years , says it might be better for 13-year-old pupils to be assessed in this way rather than sitting the Common Entrance and then being assessed again a year later . |
| 25 | Against this background , the Wells Committee , the following year , recommended that , as from 1962 , the minimum academic entry requirement for the Institution 's examinations should be raised to five O levels at one sitting the previous standard of five O levels with at least three at one sitting having been established in 1951 . |
| 26 | Similarly the Credit level candidates can sit the General Papers . |
| 27 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
| 28 | I would start by throwing Cynthia away and I would sit the little children on a shelf while I swept the crumbs off the floor . ’ |
| 29 | There sat the poor thing with its windscreen smashed , its bonnet concertinered and the engine block on the front seat . |
| 30 | Up in the forward end , behind the bulkhead , sat the five other members of G9 , already dressed in thick Navy issue pullovers and fatigues . |