Example sentences of "be placed over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The skeleton , whose hands are placed over the groin in one of the traditional attitudes of repose , is slightly proud of the shell ; hence the gable lid , resulting in a close-fitting coffin . |
2 | A preheated cupping glass would then have been placed over the wound and the cooling action of the air inside would have produced a vacuum capable of sucking the blood out . |
3 | The opening quotation for this chapter should be placed over every school library catalogue for the message is the need for librarians to provide learners with a means for learning about the interrelationships of subjects in an increasingly multi-disciplinary school environment . |
4 | At least two inches of washed gravel ( washed means swilling repeatedly in a large bucket until the water runs completely clear ) should be placed over the plate — allow 10lb per square foot . |
5 | If you want to be really safe , a condom or , to avoid vaginal or menstrual fluids , a dental dam ( a square of latex that can be placed over the vulva ) can be used . |
6 | But in three short years the following essential features of creative sound were worked out for the first time : cut-and-splice sound editing ; dubbing mute shots ( i.e. providing library sounds for completely silent bits of film ) ; quiet cameras ; ‘ talkback ’ and other intercom systems ; ‘ boom ’ microphones ( so the mike could be placed over the actor 's head and moved as necessary ) ; equalization ; track-bouncing ; replacement of dialogue ( including alternative languages ) ; filtering ( for removing traffic noise , wind noise , or for simulating telephone conversations ) ; busbars for routing controlled amounts of foldback or reverberation ; three-track recording ( music , effects , and dialogue , any of which could be changed as necessary ) ; automatic volume limiters ; and synchronous playback ( for dance or mimed shots ) . |
7 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
8 | A massive , handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave . |
9 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
10 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
11 | The links between politics and patronage can not have been beneficial to the efficiency of the customs service as a revenue-collecting agency , for all too often strong political interests could secure an important post for a man with little or no experience who was placed over the head of men far better qualified than himself , and presumably resentful of their own failure to secure advancement . |
12 | Buddhism , like Hinduism from which it emerged , is also a scientific teaching , and the Swastika borrowed from the Hindus is a symbol of esoteric Buddhism and as such was placed over the heart of the Buddha , stamped on the breasts of departed Initiates and planted wherever Buddhists have left their mark . |
13 | With the body encased , the top lid — with the merest ghost of a form — was placed over the lip of the main case , as one would the lid of a shoe-box , and soldered with a 3/4-inch iron . |
14 | The idea that science should be expressed in someone else 's language , the compulsory ‘ the test-tube was placed over the bunsen burner ’ , may disadvantage many pupils but especially girls if that other language is seen to be part of the world of men . |