Example sentences of "laid [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second theme would be the story of these new nations , the Germanic kingdoms whose foundations were laid during the years from about 400 to 600 ad . |
| 2 | I therefore propose that Coopers and Lybrand be and are hereby appointed auditors to the company , to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next meeting er , of the company at which accounts are laid for the company in accordance with section two four one Companies Act Nineteen Eighty Five and that their remuneration for this period be fixed by the directors . |
| 3 | The vision of Arthur Guinness had been realised and the foundations laid for the building of the international organisation that is now Guinness Brewing Worldwide . |
| 4 | The basis was laid for the flowering of secular literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Once oxygen and nitrogen appeared , the groundwork was laid for the beginnings of vegetation . |
| 6 | By the anniversary of the invasion of Kuwait , the groundwork had been laid for the introduction of far tighter UN controls over Iraq 's activities in the advanced weapons field . |
| 7 | Unknowingly , the most potent of all sex-education programmes is taking place ; the ground is being laid for the partnerships of the next generation . |
| 8 | A one and a half square mile section will be laid off the Fermanagh shoreline , within which the racing will be held . |
| 9 | The silent contingent approached a buffalo robe laid between the lines where Miles , Howard , Wood , two more officers , interpreter Arthur Chapman , an orderly and a mounted courier waited . |
| 10 | The mats are unrolled and laid between the joists , while the granular insulation is just poured onto the boards . |
| 11 | Beside this a man in blue overalls , wearing a cheap aluminium facemask , is cutting off the strip he has just laid between the joists . |
| 12 | I 'd seen the rails before , a set laid between the road and the water ; the rain was now making them glisten and smirk . |
| 13 | If a structural floor is needed , however , then proper floor joists of adequate size must be laid between the ceiling joists , so as to be completely independent from the ceiling . |
| 14 | The thrips eggs are laid between the petals and the larvae feed on these organs . |
| 15 | Moss and cloth were laid between the logs to make the walls air and watertight . |
| 16 | He was the inventor of water pick-up troughs laid between the rails , whereby a scoop lowered into the trough from the locomotive or tender allowed additional water to be picked up whilst the train was running , thus making possible much longer non-stop runs . |
| 17 | Already small heaps of green faggots were laid about the stool , with dry weeds on top as high as the victim 's groin . |
| 18 | Many tried simply to deny all memories of the Third Reich or else to question the notion of collective guilt ; others were concerned that the old authoritarian values did survive beneath the surface , that civil servants remained in office despite serving the Nazis and that the basis for a genuine new democracy was not therefore laid after the war . |
| 19 | Shaped like a T-square , it was placed horizontally with the crosshead laid towards the east in the forenoon , thereby casting a shadow along the stem which was graduated with marks for six hours . |
| 20 | Krill eggs , 5–6 mm in diameter , are laid near the surface and sink to depths of over 1500 m ; the first few larval stages ( nauplii and metanauplii ) develop at even greater depths before the young krill rise to feed close to the surface . |
| 21 | In March 1908 a crossover was laid near the top of Tamworth Road , so that a second car could reverse when one was standing on the terminal stub . |
| 22 | The floating floor itself consists of a ‘ sandwich ’ of softboard laid underneath the hardboard . |
| 23 | Instead Taylor and his players must wait for 10 weeks to build on the foundations laid against the Turks — but , in an attempt to maintain some continuity , Taylor is planning an unscheduled pre-Christmas get-together . |
| 24 | Bush and shrub roses you can lay with roots in the trench and the top growth laid against the soil ridge , standards will probably need a third spit out so that they can lie supported and not blown around and damaged . |
| 25 | Initially few believed that the favourite would lose the race , for the scrimmaging had clearly been caused by both parties , and odds of 4–1 were laid against the outsider getting the race . |
| 26 | This squad also exploded a store of mines which the Germans had not laid behind the beach — an extraordinary piece of dilatoriness for them , although they were probably complacent , in part at least , because their propaganda had written off the British . |
| 27 | The length of the repairs to be done with the flagstones will vary from several miles to a few hundred yards , and they will be laid with the help of local authorities , volunteers and environmental associations . |
| 28 | The cornerstone of over a century of Russian diplomacy was laid with the signing of a formal alliance with Austria in 1726 . |
| 29 | A bed tray is laid with the Cauldon Potteries breakfast service . |
| 30 | The place setting is laid with the silver dinner service made by Garrard . |