Of note that in both cases, the challenging amplifier could only be treated as a "black box" and could not even have its lid removed.

The dog went and neatened it up; fragments of garbage jumped into the can, and then the lid sailed to seal it as the dog removed its nose.

Hard shell pedalboard-cases have foam padding, reinforced corners, and locking latches which protect the pedals during transport; during onstage performance, with the lid removed, the bottom of the case is a pedalboard.

"We put rocks and heavy objects on the top of the coffin, but every morning we found the lid removed," Mrs. Gaitan said.

As the coffin reached the middle of the Red Square, it was taken out of the carriage and placed on a red-draped bier facing the Lenin Mausoleum, with its lid removed.

As one nodded a command, a shoe box was placed on the table beside the computer screens and its lid removed.

In the centre of this room stood an empty granite sarcophagus, with the lid removed and cast dramatically aside.

Beside the shovel I could see freshly turned soil, and the con-crete lid removed, then hastily replaced by Sefior Serano and his son.

The seals had been broken, the outer and inner lids removed.

He placed the basket on the step beside the Congress-wallah's feet; removed the lid; raised flute to lips.