Example sentences of "sits [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tankard on the compartment table sits as a reminder of the glories of Soviet technology — sputniks and rockets spin out of a world inhabited by the Spassky Tower and an olive branch — and , as if to demonstrate that the mundane is as attainable as the sublime , not a spoon rattles , not a single drop of sweet Georgian tea is spilt , as the carriage is smoothly elevated and the task of fitting a Chinese-gauge undercarriage is taken in hand . |
| 2 | Looking to the future , this conflict should cease to arise ; race-awareness training is now integrated into basic training , where it sits as a natural part of discussions on impartiality and prejudice during the interviewing process and should have the benefits that CAB anti-racist policy intends . |
| 3 | According to North , the company ‘ sits as a buffer ’ between both parties . |
| 4 | As well as being a Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Lords he sits as a judge , presiding over the Law Lords in the Appellate Committee when time allows . |
| 5 | The Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , which exercises a supervisory capacity over the inferior courts and sits as a court to which an appeal ‘ by way of case stated ’ may be made from the Magistrates ' Court , is bound by the House of Lords , the Court of Appeal and its own previous decisions . |
| 6 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman sits in court and passes sentence himself , so he has seen the issue both from these Benches and from the Bench he adorns when he sits as a recorder . |
| 7 | He sits as a judge in the House of Lords , where he also acts as Speaker ; he is a cabinet minister and advises on constitutional issues ; and his department , established in 1885 , is our nearest approach to a Ministry of Justice and has responsibility for many aspects of the legal system . |
| 8 | She sits for a while beside them , her arm laid alongside the nightlight on the table ; the shoe of the Old Woman , with a pink bulb inside , lifts the shadows in a comforting way . |
| 9 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for a five-year term and consists of six appointed senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 10 | She sits for a moment on the arm of the chair , and rests her hand on my neck . |
| 11 | A broad wheel of small diameter , it is of the overshot , pitch-back type and sits below a ‘ launder ’ , or large iron tank , which accepts water from the ‘ flume ’ , connected with the mill-pond , so that water is ducted on to the top of the wheel , causing it to rotate backwards . |
| 12 | Taquile sits like a huge limpet on the peerless blue waters . |
| 13 | But it is the memory that sits like a kernel at the heart of it all . |
| 14 | Gemma sits like a reclining obelisk with messy hair dyed a shade lighter than his , large eyes resting at an artful slant , a full mouth . |
| 15 | He sits behind a desk and you stand a few feet away with a screw facing you really close on either side . |
| 16 | He sits behind a half screen , perusing the faces of customers as they amble away , their arms full of cans for the road . |
| 17 | It uses conventional techniques and materials ; is based on traditional imagery ; and sits behind a glass frame . |
| 18 | Hardwari Devi sits under a tree on a pavement near a five star hotel in New Delhi and runs a ‘ paan ’ and cigarette stall . |
| 19 | Sitting on the tube a largish , overweight man sits under a sign reading ‘ Give up this seat to someone less able to stand than yourself . ’ |
| 20 | They are taking place when the youngest reader sits with a picture-book or , better , shares a picture-book . |
| 21 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 22 | In the printhead a small reservoir of ink sits above a resistor that is heated to about 330°C . |
| 23 | The FM part refers to the flame maple veneer , which sits atop a four-piece alder body with a Transparent Red ( you guessed it ) finish . |
| 24 | A small framed photo of girlfriend Juliette Lewis — who shot to fame as the sexually awakening daughter , Danielle , in Cape Fear — sits atop a bookcase . |
| 25 | The 12-valve head , with two inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder sits atop a light-alloy cylinder block with the valves themselves operated by rockers from a single overhead camshaft . |
| 26 | Sgr A West is smaller ( 2pc ) , its radiation is largely thermal , and it sits within a highly turbulent circumnuclear disk of molecules that extends out to a distance of 7pc from the nucleus . |
| 27 | In ‘ On The Waves ’ Henry , a divorced father allowed to meet his daughter Melinda in Venice , sits in a gondola meditating on distance , trust and expectation against a background of ruthless infant prattle . |
| 28 | The parliament building sits in a square like the keep of a castle . |
| 29 | Encased in gold and encrusted with gems , the saint sits in a hieratic posture with staring eyes , looking every inch an oriental potentate . |
| 30 | To put the trousers , socks and shoes on , the patient sits in a chair , and lifts his hemiplegic leg to cross over the other leg . |