Example sentences of "lay [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are extreme cases , but competition for business clients between travel companies is keen and the services laid on for business travellers are considerable and proclaimed through high pressure marketing . |
| 2 | L 178 , p. 5 ) ) , only in connection with the residence requirement laid down for shareholders , and it will therefore be considered only in the context of part ( b ) of the question as I have reformulated it above . |
| 3 | The European Council " underlines the importance of respecting the timetable laid down for ratification to ensure in any case the entry into force of the Treaty as of Jan. 1 , 1993 " . |
| 4 | The regulation of British Gas followed the general principles laid down for BT two years earlier , so it will suffice to concentrate on the latter . |
| 5 | The stringent health and safety standards laid down for homes would also tend to direct patients to its purpose-built facilities . |
| 6 | Sometimes it is hard to love a rebellious and rude teenager , to endure the appalling racket of pop music , to cope with disobedience and flagrant disregard of rules laid down for family life . |
| 7 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 8 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 9 | You appear to be in some sort of surreal shopping mall , with the world 's TV laid out for purchase : you almost feel like you should have a shopping trolley , to wheel up and down the aisles . |
| 10 | The components involved , laid out for inspection . |
| 11 | Where the main dale leaves the National Park and opens out into the flatter farmland of the old North Riding is Wensley itself , now a tiny village compared to its bigger neighbour of Leyburn , a busy typical northern Dales town with its wide main street and broad pavements laid out for market stalls . |
| 12 | Bob picked up one of the knives laid out for dinner and scored along the grain of the table with it . |
| 13 | New sleepers laid out for loco road at Tywyn Wharf . |
| 14 | Hampers were laid on for picnics , parcels of treats supplied for midnight romps in Swiss Alpine dorms , and no child 's insatiable hunger went unsatisfied . |
| 15 | Kate managed to persuade one of the drivers of the hire cars Carlisle Flint had laid on for sponsors to drop her back to the hotel where the team were based . |
| 16 | then , by setting a fifth of the usual time , a ball park figure was laid down for trail and error , up and down the variables until a best method was agreed by all . |
| 17 | In 1867 the pet dog ( no name , no breed ) is killed by poison which has been laid down for rats . |
| 18 | In the UK all Iraqis were from Jan. 19 required to have visas to enter the country , and strict registration procedures were laid down for Iraqis who were in the UK on limited leave ; as of Jan. 29 , out of 101 Iraqis detained since the beginning of the year 42 ( together with seven Palestinians ) were currently in detention awaiting deportation , 21 had left or had been deported and three had been released ; 35 serving members of the Iraqi armed forces were being held in military custody . |
| 19 | Instructions for the ploughman " deossum seminari debeat " ( when land is to be laid down for grass ) , to treat in the furrow with his left foot . |
| 20 | But Mr Way said it will not be long before Vauxhall workers are laid off for part of the week because of the company 's dependency on its export market . |
| 21 | How much land must you commit to arable rotation , and how much must be laid up for hay or silage ? |
| 22 | These requirements are bound to conflict on your limited acres , particularly in spring and early summer when a large proportion of your land is laid up for hay or in arable crops . |
| 23 | But I could not row more grain without causing an even worse grazing crisis from April to July when three acres are laid up for hay . |
| 24 | All was safely gathered in and Mr and Mrs Squirrel Nutkin 's hoard was laid up for winter 's sustenance . |
| 25 | If , for instance , the chord were laid out for oboes and clarinets thus the resulting blend would be less satisfactory than this : in which the reedy oboe and the smoother clarinet tone are inextricably intermingled . |
| 26 | Also , the other reason that I did not leave it in the centre of the airfield was that the flares , the gooseneck flares ( a device with paraffin and a sort of rough wick ) , were laid out for night flying . |
| 27 | She went with a young lady … to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing . |
| 28 | The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten . |
| 29 | As before the table was laid out for tea , but instead of bread and butter there were toasted muffins oozing butter . |
| 30 | But the image would n't come , it was softly blotted out in this warm , rosy room with drawers and cupboards being gently closed upon the last of her possessions and Lyddy asking her which dress she wanted laid out for dinner . |