Example sentences of "lay [adv prt] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The stringent health and safety standards laid down for homes would also tend to direct patients to its purpose-built facilities . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In 1867 the pet dog ( no name , no breed ) is killed by poison which has been laid down for rats . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |