Example sentences of "[vb -s] to lie in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The fundamental problem appears to lie in the balance of power within the NHS as an organisation . |
2 | The answer seems to lie in the past . |
3 | Maturity , at least for me , seems to lie in the discovery that happiness and circumstances do n't have all that much to do with each other ; that happiness is more a matter of choice and habit than we suppose , and less dependent upon the accident of circumstances . |
4 | Again , the answer seems to lie in the way that the reformulation draws the hearer 's attention to the differences between just being gone and having vanished . |
5 | A greater chance of success seems to lie in the sequel . |
6 | The fault or flaw here seems to lie in the woman 's original dissatisfaction . |
7 | The solution seems to lie in the fact that the amounts which later become due ( interest ) are consequent on the debt that is being released . |
8 | The explanation for this seems to lie in the nature of gardening . |