Example sentences of "be placed over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police , firemen and council workers had worked through the night to restore the scene of the atrocity , and fresh paving stones had already been placed over the gaping holes left by the blasts . |
| 2 | A plastic cistern must be well supported : 230 litres of water weighs a lot and the cistern should be placed over an internal loadbearing wall for extra support . |
| 3 | The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped . |
| 4 | Fig. 3 ( c ) When the entire pool shape has been covered with its first layer of concrete , a reinforcing layer of 5 cm ( 2 in ) mesh chicken wire is placed over the still wet concrete . |
| 5 | If there is a lazy eye , a parch is placed over the good eye to force the lazy one to work . |
| 6 | Rimming is much safer if a latex barrier is placed over the anal opening and surrounding area , because there is a risk to the active partner not just from HIV ( because faeces may contain infected blood in a person with HIV ) but also from germs living inside the anus , which can lead to hepatitis and other illnesses . |
| 7 | Once a layer covers the entire pool shape , a reinforcing layer of 5 cm ( 2 in ) mesh chicken-wire netting is placed over the wet concrete ( Fig. 3c ) . |