Example sentences of "laid by the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Gp Capt Gilbert , Commanding Officer of the Base Support Wing of the local Edinburgh RAAF Station was present , and wreaths were laid by the various association and units represented in front of plaques of squadrons and units of the RAAF which served in WWII .
2 The sexual form originates from eggs laid by the winged form on the under surface of young leaves .
3 Sharif retaliated by refusing to let the four go and furthermore supported the charges laid by the Punjab police against leading PPP members in the state , including Salman Taseer , deputy leader of the PPP in the provincial assembly .
4 He also remarked that the loco was actually older than some parts of the cathedral : although the foundation stone was laid by the then Duke of Cornwall in May 1880 , the nave was not dedicated until 1903 , the year 3440 was built , and the tower finished just a matter of weeks before her hectic dash down Wellington Bank in May 1904 .
5 The recent paving of the Piazza della Signoria was undertaken by the City Council with the advice and support of the relevant heritage authorities and replaced the paving laid by the Grand Duke of Tuscany , Ferdinand III , in the late 1790s .
6 A little after 0530 hours she was 45 miles ( 72km ) from the estuary , when she crossed the tracks of the Wolfe-Mowe destroyers , sent out earlier that night to sweep for mines that the Germans thought had been laid by the British force .
7 Those seen flying during the later part of the summer will be a second generation , hatched from eggs laid by the migrating individuals upon arrival .
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