Example sentences of "[vb -s] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and any other service reckonable service that counts in that calculation . |
| 2 | Correctly feeling that Miranda thought she was being tiresome , she added , ‘ What counts in this tiff — as you call it — is the principle of the thing . ’ |
| 3 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the answer lies in early amendment of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 so that the misleading claims to which he has referred can be squashed ? |
| 4 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 5 | The necessary solution lies in additional consultant appointments and also additional staff in training grades . |
| 6 | The answer to this question lies in consistent teaching , seeking , surrender and testing . |
| 7 | Cadbury has a ten per cent share by value of the European chocolate market , and lies in fifth place behind Nestlé , Mars , Suchard and Ferrero . |
| 8 | The problem , however , lies in distinguishing cause and effect . |
| 9 | Indeed , Leonard 's main recollection of his father lies in that style , rather than more personal attributes or memories , and he is wont to describe him with his top hat and gloves , his cane and spats , and miniature service medals . |
| 10 | But the centre of gravity lies in that consciousness itself . |
| 11 | The bigger reason lies in that list of prominent critics . |
| 12 | The history of your physical and emotional health lies in that envelope . |
| 13 | His destiny lies in that city . |
| 14 | Peter Brook ( 1968 ) , the legendary director of the Royal Shakespeare Company , has suggested that the magic of the theatre lies in that moment when fiction and life somehow blend together . |
| 15 | The origin of the Bank Assistant Grade , Bank of Ireland lies in that Bank 's Plan for Improved Competitiveness , introduced in 1988 . |
| 16 | Pendrich has also qualified for the sprint freestyle , but currently lies in eleventh place and has little chance of replacing Sheppard as the new champion . |
| 17 | The parish of Sunk Island lies in remote countryside east of Hull , where the great plain of South Holderness meets the north Humber foreshore . |
| 18 | It is widely accepted that attempts to apply the concession theory in modern conditions are inapposite : there is no longer any ‘ privilege ’ involved in obtaining corporate status and the source of companies ' ’ economic energy ’ undoubtedly lies in individual initiative and not in the state . |
| 19 | Possibly the most potent reason lies in present day , paradoxical attitudes to child rearing and to children , which are most marked in relation to infants . |
| 20 | Ulman ( 1974a ) attributes this predominance of the central federations in relation to their constituent national unions ( in contrast to the position in the United States ) to greater governmental intervention in the employment relationship in European countries , since a comparative advantage of the federations lies in political activity in direct dealings with various government bodies ( Hartman and Lau , 1980 ) . |
| 21 | In less dramatic cases , the damage lies in collapsed share prices rather than massacred equity : but the financial pain is much the same . |
| 22 | That is to say , his explanation of long waves lies in technological change which results from the bunching of innovations made by entrepreneurs . |
| 23 | the solution to the underclass lies in stricter enforcement of the criminal laws , in giving tenants a stake and a say in public housing , in educational innovation opposed by teachers ' unions , in changing welfare laws so that a baby is not a ticket for an apartment separate from mom 's . |
| 24 | The solution lies in internal cross-charging ( or feeing ) mechanisms which are negotiable and subject to external comparison . |
| 25 | This 17th-century country house in the heart of the North York Moors National Park lies in complete tranquillity at the end of a no-through road where sheep wander . |
| 26 | She believes the solution lies in tougher court sentences and a resurgence of moral values . |
| 27 | The future , therefore , lies in intellectual co-operation and communication as much as in network infrastructure . |
| 28 | The study of personality structure , he argued , the genesis of which lies in social interaction , offers the beginning of a conceptual resolution of the old mind — body dichotomy while at the same time relating the individual to his social setting . |
| 29 | The principle use of shifting , however , lies in inverse iteration . |
| 30 | The difficulty lies in separating cause and effect . |