Example sentences of "lie at the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | According to ns.62A(1) : ‘ No action in respect of a contravention to which section 62 above applies shall lie at the suit of a person other than a private investor , except in such circumstances as may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
2 | ‘ An action of libel will lie at the suit of an incorporated trading company in respect of a libel calculated to injure its reputation in the way of its business , without proof of special damage . |
3 | In South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 this court held that an action of libel will lie at the suit of an incorporated trading company in respect of a libel calculated to injure its reputation in the way of its business , without proof of special damage . |
4 | Germany does once again lie at the heart of Europe . |
5 | This involved what were described as ‘ initial forgings for the pressure vessel ’ — the 36-foot-high steel cylinder which would lie at the heart of the reactor — as well as other basic equipment . |
6 | There is still , too , about the whole exercise , something of the ‘ Polo Syndrome ’ : a sense that , for all the subject reports , and statutory orders , and non-statutory guidance , there is nothing at the centre : no clear vision of the values that should lie at the heart of a national system of education . |
7 | Indeed , the results of recent research suggest that abnormalities of prostaglandin metabolism may lie at the heart of the majority of the chronic degenerative diseases — defects in particular enzymes giving rise to different aspects of chronic disease . |
8 | It is the fragment that will lie at the heart of your novel . |
9 | Not only does this lie at the heart of current government policies on higher education , but a good deal of empirical work has been done on it , particularly on the relationship between higher education and initial employment . |
10 | It must also lie at the heart of all CCW 's policy objectives . |
11 | In the shift from 1975 to 1990 away from " concerns about equity and fairness and a concentration on more practical and immediate questions of efficiency and relevance " , discussions have to " lie at the heart of the democratic debate between and within the parties , and a constant flow of messages , coded and uncoded , ensures that the discussion is never far below the surface " ( Maclure 1990:14 ) . |
12 | Archive sources have very special qualities , and should therefore lie at the heart of any attempt to use primary evidence in the history classroom . |
13 | Thus William Gilpin remarks in 1791 that Petworth House is badly situated because it does not lie at the centre of its park , but at an extremity , where it is elbowed by the churchyard ; Repton , whom Mr Rushworth thinks of employing at Sotherton , explains that proximity to a village may lessen dignity . |
14 | As will be indicated below , I do not feel that much ( if any ) of the explanation can lie at the door of the police station . |
15 | This way of thinking does not lie at the disposal of the thinker . |
16 | In others still , some factor in the development of relationships may lie at the root of paedophiliac tendency . |
17 | The authors attributed this to low-frequency jumping between the two attractors , and suggested that such behaviour may lie at the root of the puzzling low-frequency noise spectra displayed in many nonlinear physical systems — systems as diverse as electrical resistors , biological membranes and automobile traffic flow . |