1.   A fine layer of dust rests on everything.

2.   Its floor is covered with a fine layer of chalk dust from the calloused palms of legions of lifters.

3.   The eruption of the volcano covered states as far away as Montana in a fine layer of ash.

4.   And a fine layer of plaster dust covers just about everything.

5.   As you sink your fork into it, though, it reveals layer upon fine layer, like a piece of puff pastry.

6.   A blasted Mercedes was covered with a fine layer of orange-brown dirt, like a perfect paint job.

7.   A fine layer of creamy foam rose to the surface during baking and created a delightful, light film that added a great texture component to the finish.

8.   But the plant also would pass water through chambers full of steel screens coated with a fine layer of pollution-absorbing material called diatomaceous earth.

9.   In half an hour our car was covered in a fine layer of dirt.

10.   Inside the building a fine layer of soot covers everything, samples of which have turned up high levels of dioxin and other dangerous substances.