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Example sentences for "brass plate"

  • Ceremonies after birth When a boy is born the father's younger brother or one of his friends lets off a gun and beats a brass plate to proclaim the event The women often announce the birth of a boy by saying that it is a one-eyed girl.

  • Finally he takes a brass plate and a cloth and again ascends the rope.

  • For this purpose rice-flour is spread on the floor of the cooking-room and covered with a brass plate.

  • A brass plate in a village church against all the books of the College of Arms!

  • The lock, brass plate, board and trunk cover are all securely riveted together.

  • This may be done by placing a brass plate 1/8-in.

  • Making Photo Silhouette Brass Plaques [217] Secure a brass plate having a smooth surface the right size for the photograph and cover it with a coat of paraffin.

  • Thus it is impossible to determine just which of these units wore this cast-brass plate.

  • There's brass plate on the door, with the name of Snawley.

  • But if he finally catches the girl, he is conducted to a dais and sits there holding a brass plate in front of him, into which the bridegroom's party drop presents.

  • After the wedding the couple are made to draw figures out of flour sprinkled on a brass plate in token of the bridegroom's occupation of keeping accounts.

  • The Marwaris, when a girl is born, break an earthen pot to show that they have had a misfortune; but when a boy is born they beat a brass plate in token of their joy.

  • A brass plate is affixed to it, bearing his name; and the visitor observes, in token of its age and service, that the hair-cloth of its seat is considerably worn and frayed.

  • The centre of what was once the Tower green is marked with a brass plate, naming Anne Boleyn and giving the date when she was there beheaded.

  • A brass plate, with holes to fit the spur center, is fastened in the center of the block, on one end, and the other is centered for the cup of the tailstock screw.

  • A brass plate, with a hole in it and a nut soldered over the hole, screwed to the bottom of the board will permit the board and tripod to be bolted together in good shape.

  • A piece of thin celluloid or brass plate, K, is inserted in the bottom side of the base C so that the point will be exactly in line with the center groove J, and extend outward 1/8 in.

  • On the top are the mutilated remains of a brass plate of the Knight.

  • Near Bishop Langham's tomb, is a table monument, inlaid with a brass plate, designed for Dr.

  • The tombstone, with inscription on a brass plate of Dr.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brass plate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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