Example sentences of "[vb -s] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | • Calories , cholesterol , fats , protein and sodium counts in a single serving shown for every recipe . |
| 2 | Notice that the determination of such rates presupposes an understanding of what counts in a culture as ‘ deliberate ’ , and that a high rate need not necessarily be viewed as a bad thing by the culture concerned . |
| 3 | Every minute counts in an exam , so get straight down to your answer . |
| 4 | The real power of computerised data lies in a deeper , more sophisticated analysis of the information which already exists . |
| 5 | The answer lies in a comparison between the conditions under which it worked before the war and works now . |
| 6 | ‘ For Northern Ireland , the long term solution lies in a united Ireland achieved by consensus and without violence . |
| 7 | Health : THE CASE FOR NOT MEDDLING WITH THE NHS Whoever wins on Thursday , the only hope for the future of the health service lies in a period of stability , says Christine Doyle |
| 8 | Federal troops took control on Saturday of another mainly Muslim town , Modrica , which lies in a corridor connecting Serbian enclaves in northern Bosnia . |
| 9 | Birmingham lies in a wealth of beautiful countryside , historic houses , interesting towns and pretty villages . |
| 10 | But , so far as two-thirds of appellants are concerned , the most dissatisfying aspect of the appeal process lies in a discovery that the appeal has been unsuccessful . |
| 11 | He lies in a cot equipped with a special mattress which is filled with liquid ; he lies on so resilient a surface that it is very close to actually lying in liquid , as of course the unborn infant does . |
| 12 | San Carlo 's body lies in a silver and crystal casket given by Philip IV of Spain . |
| 13 | When speeding along it is folded and lies in a deep groove along the back . |
| 14 | The market town of Ottery St Mary lies in a broad Devon valley eleven miles from the city of Exeter . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most realistic possibility for a more reformist and supportive programme of urban support lies in a re-orientation of attitudes and policies within the Conservative Party . |
| 16 | In a real inversion layer the Fermi energy lies in a gap between when a whole number of levels are filled with electrons ( see Box ) . |
| 17 | When EF lies in a Landau level ( Figure 4 ) , scattering is possible and the current flow comprises electrons with paths that are constantly modified at each collision . |
| 18 | When a whole number of Landau levels are filled in a MOSFET , the Fermi energy , EF , lies in a mobility gap . |
| 19 | This suggests that kaolinisation is a hydrothermal process in which acid solutions move upward , changing the hard rock into kaolinite while leaving mica and quartz unaltered , The kaolin , then , lies in a matrix of mica and quartz and occurs in a series of funnel or trough-shaped deposits . |
| 20 | Either way , the best hope of predicting such events , and mitigating their impact , lies in a better understanding of the southern oscillation and its role in the circulation of the southern hemisphere . |
| 21 | However , the fundamental reason for rejecting the weapons in Britain or elsewhere in Europe lies in a flaw at the heart of NATO 's deterrent strategy . |
| 22 | She lies in a glass box in front of one of the side altars separating the school chapel from the one the nuns use , both fronting onto the heavily railed-Off sanctuary , surrounded by dusty wax flowers and palms and night-lights winking in ruby glass containers . |
| 23 | The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions . |
| 24 | Newbald ( North and South ) lies in a hollow , sheltered to the north and east by the Wolds , which rise to about 150 metres , with a good water supply from clusters of springs . |
| 25 | The long-term answer lies in a case decision favourable to the taxpayer on this very point . |
| 26 | Thus the chief safeguard against brittle failure lies in a high work of fracture . |
| 27 | Her face has been seen on millions of TV screens in the chocolate advert , where she lies in a bath calmly eating a Flake . |
| 28 | The secret of GORE-TEX fabrics lies in a unique protective membrane with around 9 billion pores per square inch ; too small for water to pass through , but large enough to allow perspiration vapour to escape . |
| 29 | Right Lake Alice lies in a hollow formed at 13 000 feet on the slopes of Mt Kenya . |
| 30 | The reason for this lies in a theory called secondary reinforcement which says that the praise will become associated with the more powerful extra reward and take on some of the strong reinforcing properties of that reward . |