Example sentences of "lies [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all good stories , the real message lies between the lines . |
| 2 | An understanding of what lies between the parties may be made easier if we refer to some of the statutory provisions in the Rules of the Supreme Court regarding the taxation of costs . |
| 3 | The excitement concerns a bone in the floor of the skull , that lies between the eyes of amphisbaenians , called the orbitosphenoid bone . |
| 4 | Otherwise , the majority of archaeologists will never appreciate the full value of the information that lies below the waves , and underwater archaeologists will continue to be regarded as , at best , eccentrics indulging their hobby and , at worst , treasure hunters intent on gold doubloons and silver ducats . ’ |
| 5 | It somehow ‘ lies beneath ’ them as another ‘ thing ’ , much as the clothes horse lies underneath the clothes . |
| 6 | It 's not what they say , it 's what lies underneath the words it 's interesting . |
| 7 | The village now lies beneath the lakes created in the 18th Century by Capability Brown as part of a grand landscape scheme . |
| 8 | Onetti never fully fleshes out his characters since in life we can never really know what lies behind the faces of those we meet or pass on the street . |
| 9 | In the case of Hinduism , we are led to ask whether all the gods are really ‘ God ’ , if by ‘ God ’ we intend to refer not to spiritual forces at work in the world but the absolute being who lies behind the gods themselves . |
| 10 | The need in the case of the Oedipus myth to resolve the contradiction between two pieces of knowledge that are in conflict can be comfortably taken as the signified that lies behind the significations that make up the various versions of the myth . |
| 11 | The counsellors ' job is to help the couple to sort out what really lies behind the words as well as the actions . |
| 12 | Maurice Melloul 's guidelines for the success of the purchasing agent in Dow corning sum up the professionalism that lies behind the words : ‘ The agent must : exercise close cost control build long term relationships bring negotiations to a ‘ win-win ’ conclusion promote and sell the best image of his company be knowledgeable about the supplier 's market and end-use applications . ’ |
| 13 | All Goans want visitors to love their state as much as they do , and are anxious to reveal the world of interest that lies behind the beaches . |
| 14 | In both processes , and especially that relating to the budget , immense power lies with the Senators and the Representatives on the relevant committees and subcommittees . |
| 15 | The problem lies with the documents , which are too short to be of real value . |
| 16 | Well , true , I 've never had a grabber like that ( maybe the fault lies with the subs ) . |
| 17 | Much of the blame for this lies with the Americans who shied away from disarming Somalia 's bandits and instead took guns from soft targets : small businessmen and relief-agency bodyguards . |
| 18 | Much is now available to the individual school or college , in terms of adapting management structures , since the control of the LEA is reduced and responsibility for innovation and change lies with the institutions . |
| 19 | The power lies with the members . |
| 20 | In this tradition the centre of authority in a family lies with the males rather than the females , although in the predominantly agricultural society in which Hinduism persisted and developed in India , women 's importance in the family economy has always been considerable . |
| 21 | The fact of the matter is , as far as the erm and I accept to a certain degree what Jack has just said , that the power for schools lies with the Governors , and it lies with the Governors because the Conservative Government has enacted legislation to allow that to happen . |
| 22 | ‘ The power to appoint the auditor currently lies with the trustees and they should be allowed to continue to appoint who they see fit . ’ |
| 23 | The problem , as I began to discover over the years , does n't lie with the composer , it lies with the interpreters and what is expected from the interpreters by people who have dubious taste . |
| 24 | No , in reality the solution lies with the manufacturers . |
| 25 | The mainspring of voluntaryism is that initiative lies with the volunteers . |
| 26 | The Security Association suggests that the responsibility for monitoring this swindle lies with the clients : |
| 27 | I am afraid the blame lies with the saboteurs . |
| 28 | Perhaps the blame for this lies with the politicians . |
| 29 | It lies with the politicians at different levels , right back to Brussels , who still believe in the efficacy of high-sounding names . |
| 30 | Reddish stands in Broad Chalke , a large and disparate village which lies along the meadows of the Chalke stream . |