Example sentences of "laid [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Special trains were laid on in the early days , bringing musicians , singers and visitors .
2 The path here can be very wet , but planks have been laid down over the worst parts .
3 Since the CSA 1985 makes no direct provision for civil remedies we must first look to the common law and then to the recent advent of statute law in the area , as laid down in the Financial Services Act 1986 ( FSA ) by virtue of s.61 and s.62 .
4 These must be prepared in accordance with the provisions laid down in the various Companies Acts , particularly 1948 , 1981 and 1985 .
5 The explanation of these variations is that , in the Siamese cat , a lower skin temperature causes more pigmentation to be laid down in the growing hairs .
6 The definition of refugee is laid down in the United Nations convention .
7 Under the Transport Act 1985 , local authorities had a duty to pay regard to the transport needs of the elderly and disabled , but merely having to pay regard to those needs does not mean that anything has to be done about the specifications that have been laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee .
8 He asked him whether the bus specification , as laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee , would be a requirement in the disposal programme and whether the bus companies that tender will need to give the Minister an answer .
9 A park-like path had been laid out around the sacred waters , with stepping stones .
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