Example sentences of "place on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 The sample for testing is placed on the uppermost sieve after weighing , the retaining lid closed and the nest of sieves arranged in a mechanical shaker ( Fig. 3.2 ) .
32 I do apologise , I do apologise yourself order I see it 's been placed on the early question question again ?
33 Furthermore , the figure stated for ‘ no ’ , probably also includes a number of those who wanted restrictions placed on the traditional model of sole practice ( and therefore answered ‘ no ’ to question 1 ) but who did not necessarily agree with the particular restriction proposed in question 2 .
34 The tour has been portrayed as a public relations disaster in many newspapers , with the emphasis placed on the apparent failure of the Prince and Princess to acknowledge each other 's presence in public .
35 It had been placed on the right-hand side of the green , guarded by two bunkers .
36 Secondly , claims that the family is losing its educational function need to be balanced by an acknowledgment that increasing emphasis is now placed on the central role parents play in their child 's development , even where very young children spend part of the day in the care of another ( see Part Two ) .
37 Her bed was placed on the great dining table , where her wedding cake had been , and she lay there , covered with a white sheet , half conscious .
38 He took the ten radials , previously selected , and projected a system of ‘ express arterial roads ’ , including a new outer ring ( the D ring ) , placed on the inner edge of the green belt .
39 A further emphasis should be placed on the absolute necessity of Employer Pension Contributions being maintained and no reduction in contribution should be permitted unless independent actuarial calculations endorse such a view ’ .
40 A key feature of his theory is the emphasis placed on the revolutionary character of scientific progress , where a revolution involves the abandonment of one theoretical structure and its replacement by another , incompatible one .
41 The four SROs have evolved largely through the choice of the financial institutions and intermediaries themselves , and there is no suggestion that these were arbitrarily placed on the financial system .
42 There are also liquid fertilizer mixing plants strategically placed on the eastern side of the country .
43 As a result of these , too great a blame for dioxin contamination was placed on the chemical industry .
44 The element is first placed on the stripping machine where the contaminated cladding is cut away , then dropped on to a conveyor belt to be stored under water in concrete storage silos .
45 While great emphasis has rightly been placed on the active involvement of the pupils in their learning , it should always be remembered that there is still a place for the teacher to convey a feel for an event or person by presenting the story .
46 Cups , glasses , small plates and lightly soiled items should be placed on the top rack .
47 In a strict order of preferential treatment , the newest titles are placed on the top rack , and moved down weekly , until the volumes on the bottom rack are superseded and returned to the publisher for pulping .
48 However , because all the seismic stations have been placed on the near side the wave speeds down to this depth only reliably apply to the near side .
49 After the induction of anaesthesia with sodium pentobarbital ( 50 mg/kg ) , a cerebroventricular guide was placed on the superior aspect of the skull to allow injection into the lateral ventricle as previously described .
50 After returning the painting to the icon shop , the dealer subsequently received two contradictory letters , the first stating that ‘ his ’ Wtewael had been placed on the national index of important works of art that could not leave Germany , and the follow-up , which noted that the Wtewael had been taken off the index , and that it could , therefore , be exported .
51 Much emphasis was placed on the raffish past , with roll-calls of distinguished libertines .
52 This is not a matter of communication skills alone despite the emphasis which is placed on the open dialogue between schools and parents and on the need for active publicity .
53 Any dwellings not taken up within a specified time are placed on the open market .
54 Few additional loads were placed on the original structure .
55 Despite the restrictions placed on the Medical Department of the Local Government Board , investigations carried out by its research team into the aetiology of the major infectious diseases greatly enhanced its reputation .
56 The provision of appeals through separate tribunals enjoying appellate jurisdiction is generally more satisfactory than where reliance must be placed on the High Court .
57 The Cathedral arms were placed on the largest candles — not the tapers which the pious burnt in the side chapels but the candles which were placed on the high altar .
58 Hollander and possibly Reichmann were placed on the British consulate blacklist .
59 AD 695 that travellers from afar , or foreigners , are instructed to shout or blow a horn before leaving a road , to avoid being treated as a thief or worse ; this says as much about the controls placed on the English population as the desire to protect foreigners .
60 Jones ( 1909 ) uses this term to describe sounds which are made by the tip of the tongue placed on the hard palate , that is further back than alveolar /t , d/ .
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