Example sentences of "[conj] sits [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Medical Research Council 's Common Cold Research Unit showed that it is not the person who gets caught in the rain or sits in a draught who is likely to develop a cold but the one who has to work in the air-conditioned , centrally-heated , artificially-lit atmosphere found in many modern office blocks . |
| 2 | Square Face : Wear a headpiece that sits on the back of your head and opt for an understated veil style , although your face shape will carry a long veil beautifully . |
| 3 | Moreover , the equipment that sits on the manager 's desk is all that is required — the computer 's intelligence is housed within the one unit . |
| 4 | Monte Samana is his , I know that now , and he deserves his profits , because he has made a holiday place that sits on the side of the hill as though it were set there by the Spaniards themselves , the Andalusians and the descendants of the Moors . ’ |
| 5 | It is this tension between the grandiose themes of cosmology and its mundane workings that sits at the heart of Dennis Overbye 's superb book . |
| 6 | The chance has come in a review conducted by Andrew Large , chairman of the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) , the body that sits at the apex of Britain 's regulatory structure . |
| 7 | Their first single ‘ Mystery Train ’ is restructured with bleeps and beats to sound altogether moodier , while ‘ Senses ’ is one of those emotional anthems that sits at the end of the set . |
| 8 | And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn . |
| 9 | The traditional unit is a box that sits between the mains and the AC-in socket on your computer . |
| 10 | I 'm not the sort of guy that sits around the house like you know . |
| 11 | But it is the memory that sits like a kernel at the heart of it all . |
| 12 | McGrath 's inseparable companion is also a welcome guest and sits on a chair to the manner born with a serviette tucked into his collar . |
| 13 | A transcendent monster is not a monster who has escaped the loch and sits on a hill outside it . |
| 14 | She takes from the bottom of her wardrobe a pair of calf-length fashion boots in dark brown leather and sits on the edge of the bed to pull them on . ) |
| 15 | ( Max gets up and sits on the edge of his bed and smokes a pipe . |
| 16 | Paul gets up off the floor and sits on the bed . |
| 17 | The cat er likes it there , it goes and sits on the top of it . |
| 18 | ( He goes and sits on the floor to one side . ) |
| 19 | A former chairman of Meirionnydd FUW , he has been a long-serving member of the union 's finance and executive committee and sits on the Meat and Livestock Commission 's sheep technical committee and research and development sub-committee . |
| 20 | She dresses in a cat suit ( which she even wears in the bath ) , she eats raw fish on the floor , and sits on the garden wall at night , howling . |
| 21 | He keeps it on , though , goes to the summit of Amon Hen and sits on the Seat of Seeing . |
| 22 | Before anyone goes in and sits on the dentist 's chair which forms the centrepiece of the cage , Dr Tydeman will first monitor them using some external equipment . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mr Tapie is by no means a doctrinaire socialist and sits as an independent in the National Assembly . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's because he enters by the old tower door and sits at the back , where he ca n't be seen , ’ she replied eagerly . |
| 26 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 27 | He comes to the bar and sits at the table there by the tree . ’ |
| 28 | It uses conventional techniques and materials ; is based on traditional imagery ; and sits behind a glass frame . |
| 29 | He takes the mugs to the side of the bed and sits by the feet of his lover . |
| 30 | And she gets up in the night and sits by the telephone in the hall in the dark . |