1.   A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake.

2.   Cramped wooden benches, a friendly welcome for regulars and improbably large plates of home-made pies, omelettes, grills and chips.

3.   It was a welcome distraction when Ruth Rasmussen walked in with a pot of coffee and a large plate of muffins.

4.   Spoon the dip into the pineapple shells and arrange them top to toe on a large serving plate.

5.   The lithosphere is broken into about a dozen large rigid plates, each plate moving as a distinct unit.

6.   The ventral interradial areas are covered with large plates sometimes bearing a spinelet.

7.   To assemble, place one matzo on a large plate or board.

8.   Arrange the fingers fanned out in one layer on a large round plate.

9.   A pre-race dinner, featuring large plates of spaghetti, was held at the restaurant earlier in the evening.

10.   According to every current model of earthquake dynamics, the New Madrid region should be unceasingly immobile, stuck as it is in the middle of a large plate.