Example sentences of "[noun] lay down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lisa laid down the phone her hand was shaking . |
| 2 | In addition to specifying what the core should contain , the framework laid down the percentage of the timetable to be allocated to some subjects , for example , English and mathematics were each to be allocated ten per cent . |
| 3 | And then the music stopped and Fael-Inis laid down the pipes and turned his golden gaze on Fergus , and the spell faded , and a cold awareness flooded Fergus 's mind . |
| 4 | The Old Testament lays down the fundamentals of a Christian social ethic in three major ways . |
| 5 | ‘ Basically , ’ he would say to the camera , his gestures as urgent and incisive as those of any other citizen laying down the law on television , basically I 'm a very passionate man . |
| 6 | The Treat negotiated at Maastricht laid down the process under which the Community can , if its members meet certain economic conditions , create a monetary union with a single currency for some or all of them . |
| 7 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 8 | Maggie laid down the job in hand and wiped her forehead . |
| 9 | The law lays down the general principle , and the doctor who acts skilfully , reasonably , and in good faith is protected . |
| 10 | Schedule 2 to the Act lays down the constitution and procedure of the appeal committee . |
| 11 | This Act lays down the matters to be stated , and reports to be set out , in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public . |
| 12 | Not only does the Junior School influence the children at their most receptive , and indeed their most vulnerable age , but , within the time spent in the Junior School , the child lays down the basis of all future learning . |
| 13 | On Sept. 23 the federal government adopted a draft law laying down the modalities of partition and providing for the reallocation of the federal state 's property , institutions , debts and obligations between the two republics before Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 14 | By eleven o'clock I was standing in front of Patterson 's desk laying down the law . |
| 15 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 16 | Scare stories about Britain 's beaches have abounded since 1976 when an EEC directive laid down the acceptable limits of sewage pollution , the year Wessex Water set about turning the tide of increasingly dirty beaches . |
| 17 | Children are often socially rewarded for playing with toys of the appropriate gender , and this process lays down the basis of future adult pleasure in relation to similar objects — full-size washing machines , cookers and dustpan and brush sets . |
| 18 | Juliana Hatfield lays down the line down the line . |
| 19 | The magazines of the time carried article after article laying down the law of correct and essential dress in which to be seen on ocean crossings and cruises . |
| 20 | The government has adopted a decree laying down the legal framework for licensing companies to carry out recovery and treatment of packaging waste . |
| 21 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 22 | Under the title ‘ How we will revive the lost arts of the tabloids ’ , Pilger laid down the criteria : ‘ dramatic , uncropped pictures which the old Express displayed with such flair ; original well-written investigations which the Sunday Times ’ Insight Team pioneered ( I count the old Sunday Times as a great popular paper ) ; and the use of writer-photographer teams which Picture Post and the Mirror used with such power . ’ |
| 23 | The statutes laid down the maximum size of peasant land allotments . |
| 24 | But Lombroso laid down the foundations of most of what was to follow in genetic theories of crime . |
| 25 | The Oxford Student laid down the challenge — ’ see you in court , John ’ . |
| 26 | The 1971 White Paper laid down the following requirements for adult training centres and showed the actual provision in 1969 , as shown overleaf . |
| 27 | Emmerdale ( ITV , 7.00pm ) : Lyn lays down the law with Turner … and Pollard takes a risk to break it . |
| 28 | Juliet laid down the receiver and hurried into the ward . |
| 29 | Here the myth of the founding text is most clearly articulated to that of the founding fathers , whose word lays down the laws of a history in which women and children do not count . |
| 30 | Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract . |