Example sentences of "lies [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis Island lies off the tip of Manhattan , almost adjacent to the Statue of Liberty , and was known as the ‘ Gateway to Americas ’ — the land of fortune and freedom . |
| 2 | In status , it lies between a professorship and a senior lectureship , but is equivalent to the latter in duties ( and salary scale ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You see how easy it is , McAllister , ’ he whispered suddenly , and he kissed the top of her head , ‘ when it is love that lies between a man and a woman , and not hate and fear . ’ |
| 4 | A semiconducting material , in terms of its ability to conduct electricity , is one which lies between a conductor such as copper and an insulator such as rubber . |
| 5 | In long floating-point format the binary point lies between the portion of the mantissa in the first word and the portion of the mantissa in the second word . |
| 6 | The growth region is a thin band of cells called the cambium , which lies between the bark and the sapwood . |
| 7 | The decision lies between the possibility of losing future business by stopping supplies or of running the risk of a bad debt or a slow paying debt by not doing so . |
| 8 | ‘ Both Dame Catherine and the porter mentioned these two corpses being found in the wood which lies between the priory and the palace . |
| 9 | Like all good stories , the real message lies between the lines . |
| 10 | The vagina ( in Latin , a sheath or scabbard ) is about four inches long and lies between the urethra and bladder in front and the rectum behind . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The exact position does n't matter as long as the N1 cam lies between the point cams . |
| 13 | So the rules for moving the point cams are , firstly , only move the point cam when the carriage is on the opposite side and secondly , if you break rule one while the N1 cam is outside the point cams , move one of the point cams so that the N1 cam lies between the point cams and then read the cam positions . |
| 14 | The excitement concerns a bone in the floor of the skull , that lies between the eyes of amphisbaenians , called the orbitosphenoid bone . |
| 15 | Several details have been omitted and I shall say nothing about the way Venus and the Sun move around their orbits , except that the point O on Venus 's orbit always lies between the Earth ( E ) and the Sun ( S ) , that V moves around O , and O and S move around the Earth . |
| 16 | Now , as depicted in figure 11.7(b) , ( ) is represented in the s-plane diagram by the vector which lies between the pole on the real axis and the point on the imaginary axis . |
| 17 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 18 | It lies between the city of Hull and Withernsea and is built on the heavy clays of South Holderness . |
| 19 | ‘ The way into Russian museums lies through the West . |
| 20 | Commenting on this series of nostalgic exhibitions , one sceptical Moscow critic says : ‘ The way into Russian museums lies through the West . |
| 21 | Easily Accessible : The small unspoilt village of Mungrisdale lies towards the north of the Lake District but is still well-placed for touring . |
| 22 | The building , which faces west , lies below a turn in the Sacred Way which zigzags up the steep site to the temple , on a little terrace just above the south wall of the sanctuary . |
| 23 | The centre of curvature of the first section lies above the saddle , whilst the centre of curvature of the second section lies below the saddle . |
| 24 | Though like all market-place democracy , you do have the feeling that what you 're actually seeing is an impressive piece of set-building , that the real action lies below the surface , in some place where entry is rather more restricted . |
| 25 | As far as I am aware , this theory has found very little formal or scholarly expression , although it lies below the surface of much that has been informally expressed by directors of English ensembles and by others , both in conversation and in the various kinds of writing generated by the commercial music business . |
| 26 | Godlingston Manor lies below the wood and hill of the same name . |
| 27 | The nucleus lies below the bottom of the picture . |
| 28 | The gallery canopy roof , which adjoins the house , is very old and lies below the house roof . |
| 29 | There is no accepted blocking temperature for Pb retention in zircon , however , nor any evidence that it lies below the equilibration temperatures of upper-mantle rocks . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |