Example sentences of "lies with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |
| 2 | The responsibility for repaying an unsecured personal loan or a credit card debt lies with the person or persons who were party to the agreement . |
| 3 | As Hodder and Riggs ( 1985 ) say , in response to Hayes and Garvin , the fault , if any , in US business lies with the way the DCF technique is often based on inadequate data ( i.e. inadequate consideration of the factors affecting cash flows ) or incorrectly applied ( i.e. incorrectly using discount rates , or adjusting for inflation as discussed in chapter 1 ) . |
| 4 | The final decision on their fate lies with the government . |
| 5 | The reason for this lies with the majority of match anglers being brainwashed into using gossamer-fine line and tiny hooks , no matter what the species or situation demands . |
| 6 | The record , at present , lies with the turkey : some females have been reported laying fertile eggs ten weeks after their last mating . |
| 7 | THE expression ‘ nosey parker ’ has often been linked to people of that name but the epithet 's origin actually lies with the Hyde Park rabbits and the Great Exhibition . |
| 8 | ‘ Economic success ’ , he writes , ‘ lies with the country and the region and the city that innovate , that keep one step ahead of the action ’ ( Hall , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Too much power lies with the Council of Ministers who meet in secret , making it almost impossible for the public , national governments and the European Parliament to follow their decision making process . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Where the fault lies with the structure of the job there is little point in blaming the holder of the job . |
| 12 | The problem lies with the interpretation of the regulations governing the safety of toys . |
| 13 | The problem lies with the documents , which are too short to be of real value . |
| 14 | The generative power of the story lies with the organ of generation — and veneration . |
| 15 | Well , true , I 've never had a grabber like that ( maybe the fault lies with the subs ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the predominant catholic power lies with the hierarchy and secular clergy . |
| 18 | Their only viable future lies with the kind of measures proposed by the early-1980s SDP — industrial partnership and incomes policies — plus the sort of trade unionism proposed by the electricians ' union , EETPU . |
| 19 | The Commission takes the view that responsibility for the initiatives to be taken as regards the implementation of social rights lies with the Member States , their constituent parts , or the two sides of industry , as well as , within the limits of its powers , with the European Community . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In such an environment , competitive advantage lies with the organisation that has the richest variety and frequency of interaction with the customer , not because this builds brands awareness , but because it offers the greatest opportunities to identify and to react the events that signal credit demand . |
| 22 | The power lies with the members . |
| 23 | In India , the responsibility clearly lies with the company . |
| 24 | Maybe the fault lies with the BFI , an ageing bureaucracy with its own interests to protect , its own ideas of what constitutes ‘ exciting new film ’ . |
| 25 | If both red and green images are weak , the problem lies with the position of the lens . |
| 26 | In either case , the effect on the child may be highly adverse , and the social worker whose duty lies with the child does well to take full account of the implications . |
| 27 | Perhaps power lies with the supplier now , but overpowering or ‘ negotiating too sweet a deal ’ might provoke retribution later when the buyer has more suppliers from which to choose . |
| 28 | The ultimate decision lies with the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | Ultimately the responsibility lies with the board , as the most experienced businessmen in the company and also , particularly , as those who look at the corporation as a whole . |
| 30 | ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price . |