Example sentences of "placing [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , Andrea Lansley 's richly coloured , monumental compositions celebrate her body and focus on her physical and sensuary experiences , placing them at the centre of her work . |
| 2 | Referring to the third stage of negotiations between Israel and its neighbours , he warned that if the Arab negotiators continued to raise the question of the occupied territories " placing them at the centre of discussions … we shall know that their intentions are not directed towards peace " . |
| 3 | Procedures and functions do not need to be declared before they are used and there is no speed advantage to be gained by placing them at the start of the program . |
| 4 | Economic pressures on forests are immense , placing them on the cutting-edge of the reconciliation between environment and development . |
| 5 | Firstly , the weight transmitted through the sailor 's feet can be used to counter the capsize by placing them on the rail ( W2 ) . |
| 6 | This layout was a physical expression of the administrative structure that Hammond was organizing for the office particularly , as Mary Anderson points out , the special status awarded to the Under Secretaries and their political departments , by placing them on the same level as the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll have these , ’ he said , placing them on the counter . |
| 8 | Ensure the flowers are as dry as possible before placing them on the blotting paper , as any remaining moisture will encourage mildew to form and spoil all your efforts . |
| 9 | Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray . |
| 10 | Chubb has sold 47.5m Sun shares to brokers S G Warburg , Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs who are placing them on the market . |
| 11 | With a tea cloth around her hand she opened up the oven and took out the mince pies and sausage rolls , placing them on the top of the stove to cool as she put the turkey in to cook . |
| 12 | He was running water over the dishes in the sink , swilling them round rapidly and then placing them on the side . |
| 13 | When I arrived on tie scene there appeared to be hundreds of people there , but a civilian — the works and bricks engineer seemed — to be the boss , and even the station commander was happily taking orders from him about filling sandbags and placing them on the Bund to strengthen it against the rising tide . |
| 14 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree , reported on May 21 , transferring the troops of the Baltic border district to Russian Federation jurisdiction and placing them under the command of the C.-in-C. of Border Troops , financed from the Russian budget . |
| 15 | Its pattern-searching strategy resolves many theoretical issues by placing them within the constraint of empirical evidence . |
| 16 | This is consistent with the previous dating of the paintings to Early Style IV , placing them in the Early Magdalenian era . |
| 17 | Giving reasons , therefore , raises our thoughts and actions from the here and now and from their singularity by placing them in the context of a wider perspective or tradition . |
| 18 | He wrapped me in a warm coat and placing me in the car took me several miles over the moor . |
| 19 | And in September 1988 , Donleavy seemed to confirm this by placing him on the ‘ inactive ’ list and arranging for him to rejoin the Boy Scouts of America as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Chicago Area Council . |
| 20 | His greatest reward was the gift of a mortuary temple , the only one granted to a non-royal person , which was built near to that of the king and which raised the deceased Amenhotep to divine status , placing him amongst the cults of kings . |
| 21 | He now not only re-introduced Elphege : he brought him back into his carefully limited and graded sequence of holy days at a very high level indeed , placing him among the Festivitates quae magnifice celebrantur , on a level with the Epiphany , the Purification and Annunciation , the Ascension , the Feast of St Gregory , and about half a dozen other main feasts of the Church year . |
| 22 | As a student the client is not required to pay tax and the whole of her weekly grant of £65.00 had to be taken into account therefore placing her outside the Green Form limit . |
| 23 | The sheriff made an order placing her in the care of the social work department . |
| 24 | The girl , who can not be named for legal reasons , was in court to hear the judge dismiss her father 's appeal against a magistrates ' order placing her in the care of London 's Southwark Council under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 25 | One god suggested placing it at the top of the highest mountain ; another on the farthest star . |
| 26 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 27 | Participants were particularly inspired by the lead given by Namibia in defining communication policy ( see pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter ) and in placing it at the service of justice , freedom and democratic growth . |
| 28 | Georgina Naylor of the National Heritage Memorial Fund explained that securing the house under the charity was a cheaper solution than placing it with the National Trust and also allowed a greater individuality . |
| 29 | Another disc started , Herr Hocher placing it on the record-player with his own hands , the result being a foxtrot played by a Russian orchestra , and he himself took the floor with Fräulein Renn , the pair of them going through what seemed to the young people weirdly funny gyrations together . |
| 30 | Then , by placing it on the board again , you can lie down and paddle home . |