Example sentences of "lay [adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For it is the hydrogen bonding ability of the existing chain that determines the sequence of bases laid down in a growing chain of genetic material .
2 Such an approach also clearly specifies operating procedures and mechanisms laid down in a formal manual for example .
3 Sick leave will be granted under the terms laid down in the Civil Service Pay and Conditions of Service Code .
4 The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament .
5 We suggest that the procedure laid down in the Environmental Protection Act for registers under parts I and VI of the Act could be used in this situation .
6 This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter .
7 There is not the space here for a detailed examination of the regime laid down in the 1981 Act and the Education ( Special Educational Needs ) Regulations 1983 , as amended .
8 ‘ Friends of Killynure ’ fearing that , Killynure House will be closed despite claims that the present home subscribes fully to the criteria laid down in the consultative document for the provision of residential care for elderly people , now appeal to the fast growing community of Carryduff and surrounding areas to support the fight for the retention of the home by signing a petition against closure .
9 She observes that the prisoner is following a prohibition laid down in the Old Testament , but that a rabbinical ruling had allowed Jews to eat in the camps on Yom Kippur in order to stay alive .
10 As early as 1524 , Henry had given up all hope of Catherine bearing another child , and by the time he became infatuated with Anne Boleyn two years later , he had already begun to convince himself that his wife 's failure to give birth to a son who survived infancy was a sign that his marriage to his brother 's widow was sinful , in that it had broken the laws concerning affinity laid down in the Old Testament Book of Leviticus ( chapter 20 : verse 21 ) .
11 When it comes to crime and punishment , the penalties laid down in the Old Testament for offences against the person are more severe than for offences against property .
12 Sailors in the US Navy of the 1920s who returned from leave with more than they bargained for after dallying with the local ladies faced a set medical routine laid down in The Medical Annual :
13 Japan continued to favour the guidelines laid down in the 1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources ( Cramra ) .
14 An exclusion clause , which purports to exclude or limit liability under these terms , is subject to the rules already outlined in this chapter , including the rules laid down in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 .
15 Britain 's most formidable political rivals , France and Russia , had imposing capital cities largely consisting of neo-classical buildings laid out in a formal manner , and the competition , with its coupled town planning and detailed design components , was a conscious attempt to provide London with visual images worthy of its far greater imperial status , which perhaps needed reaffirming after the trauma of the Crimean War .
16 We had a critical look at the one Lancaster and the one Mosquito , had a good laugh at the set piece showing the inside of a Waaf Nissen hut ( so tidy and so spacious ! ) , and then studied the dozens of squadron crests and emblems laid out in a large glass cabinet .
17 The tables were covered with the velvet Dave had found and the exhibits laid out in an orderly fashion .
18 I send minutes laid out in the proper style .
19 All these data will help to inform the stage of development into which the records-of-achievement movement is now moving , namely that of nationalization following the proposals laid out in the 1984 policy statement .
20 Only when the cells leave the zone do some begin to differentiate into cartilage ; and , as just stated , the cartilage elements are laid down in a proximo-distal sequence — first humerus , then radius and ulna , and only then wrist , and finally hand .
21 Detailed regulations for the construction of new buildings were laid down in a great variety of Acts and bye-laws .
22 In November the Smolensk guberniia executive committee is being rebuked in turn by no less a person than V. Molotov , Secretary of the Central Committee in Moscow , for allowing subordinates to impose taxes beyond those laid down in the All-Union list .
23 As such our duties are clearly laid down in the Criminal Code .
24 The standard of care expected of a doctor was laid down in the following case .
25 In order to achieve this , almost seven million egg cell precursors are laid down in the female fetus .
26 The procedure is laid down in the 1971 Planning Act — Section 26 — and is a prerequisite for a valid application .
27 This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly .
28 The foundations of modern archaeology were laid down in the 17th century , and throughout the 17th and 18th centuries emphasis was put on the recording of archaeological monuments , initially as part of general topographical works , but eventually as part of a study of the monuments themselves .
29 It was still widely agreed that , as laid down in the papal ranking of 1504 , the Holy Roman Emperor came first of all secular rulers , and this pre-eminence all emperors jealously guarded : it was only after considerable resistance that Ferdinand III ( 1637 – 57 ) agreed to address Louis XIV as " Majesté Royale " .
30 It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that .
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