Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] lay down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 2 | The li as a whole is the cosmic pattern which lays down the lines along which nature and man move , which harmonizes opposites with complementary functions , Yin and Yang , ruler and subject , father and son , and alternates day and night , birth and death , the rise and fall of dynasties , in regular cycles , diverging downwards to the minutest detail of texture and converging upwards to the unity in which everything is interrelated . |
| 3 | There 's an article of the Constitution which lays down the fields with which Parliament may concern itself . |
| 4 | Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath which lays down the obligations and proper conduct of their profession . |
| 5 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |