Sentence examples for were put on show from inspiring English sources

Their conflicting properties – sometimes medicinal and at other times lethal - were put on show for our amusement as we basked in their beauty and cowered from their danger.

Duplicates or replaceable items were put on show to be used and handled, an early example of today's ubiquitous hands-on museums.

When they returned home from being "struggled against", they were isolated in separate rooms, though they were put on show again together at another Red Guard rally.

The conservative newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describes him as among Germany's most promising painters, and last month two of his huge paintings were put on show at a major Berlin exhibition of German and Russian art.

The wall colors might have been different (black at Sotheby's, blue at Christie's), but these latest old master offerings — featuring a "Head of Christ" by Rembrandt, portraits by Anthony Van Dyck and Frans Hals, and landscapes by the Brueghel family — were put on show much the same way they have been for centuries.

"A lot of veterans get to see the old tanks and military equipment they used once a year when they're put on show during parades," Mr. Stover said.

The collection totals 5,000 pieces and the exhibit will be rotated every three years so all the splendours of the Portland collection are put on show, although the Van Dycks and Michelangelo will stay put.

Now more than 90 French drawings from the 18th and 19th centuries have been put on show in Paris.

"The latest domestically manufactured electronic warfare equipment will also be put on show at the exhibition," the newspaper said.

Despite objections to the large, blue cockerel, Hahn/Cock by German artist Katharina Fritsch will be put on show.

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