Example sentences of "be placed on [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Two litre bottles of mineral water had been placed on a small wooden table with a hard-backed chair .
2 The bolts have been placed on the broken right wall of the crag to furnish a zigzagging handrail across about 100 feet of rock .
3 Knowles ( 1978 ) , who is particularly critical of Labov , argues that while the assumption that variants of a variable may be placed on a single social and phonetic continuum makes quantification relatively easy , it also oversimplifies the real range of choices open to speakers .
4 Alerted by a slight sound , she again opened her eyes , turning her head slowly to see a cup and saucer being placed on a nearby small table .
5 All 20 patients were placed on a 2200 kcal diet containing 80 g/day of fat .
6 The high-relief figure — one could hardly call it a three-dimensional effigy — is placed on a plain black ledger lying on the floor , and appears as a body rising vertically from the grave .
7 When the reasons for the disappointing response are explored , we find that the emphasis is placed on the unique social and cultural values of Japanese society .
8 Administration was placed on a sounder financial footing , its distribution made visible and public .
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