Example sentences of "was laid [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brass shop was laid out with the rough brass stores on one side , whence the castings passed to the machines , thence to the benches , and from there to the polishers , next to the platers and finally to the lacquerers at the other side of the shop , each operation in turn bringing the parts further across the shop . |
| 2 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 3 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 4 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 5 | The standard of care expected of a doctor was laid down in the following case . |
| 6 | 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 . |