Example sentences of "[adj] lay in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was precious because it was a folio , and another because it was a duodecimo ; some because they were tall , some because they were short ; the merit of this lay in the title-page — of that in the arrangement of the letters in the word Finis . |
| 2 | But much had to be done before any real progress could be made , and essentially this lay in the problem of land acquisition and assembly . |
| 3 | For many months virtually everywhere in the Soviet Union stocks in state shops of even basic foodstuffs such as bread had been growing increasingly erratic , although some of the blame for this lay in the withholding of deliveries to the state supply network by farms and local authorities , in anticipation of prices rising or to meet local needs [ for indications of breakdown in the distribution system in May see p. 37538 ] . |
| 4 | The reason for this lay in the nature of the work done by the Indians … |
| 5 | The irony of this lay in the fact that the Second Crusade was counter-productive in Outremer , embittered relations with Byzantium , and resulted in the deaths of enormous numbers of its participants , particularly those drawn from the non-aristocratic classes . |
| 6 | The ecclesiastically most delicate application of this lay in the area of collegiality . |
| 7 | In the winter of 1945 – 46 , however , all this lay in the future . |
| 8 | All the rabbits had heard the story before : on winter nights , when the cold draught moved down the warren passages and the icy wet lay in the pits of the runs below their burrows ; and on summer evenings , in the grass under the red may and the sweet , carrion-scented elder bloom . |
| 9 | The motivation behind the Criminal Justice Act 1972 lay in the desire of Ministers to be seen to be taking action in the field of criminal justice without any ideologically dominant objectives to fuel the legislation . |
| 10 | Taxes on clerical livings , sizeable profits from granting indulgences and the taking of income from benefices when they were vacant — all lay in the future as the mainstay of papal finances . |
| 11 | The origins of the ambitious economic reform of 1958 lay in the weeks immediately after de Gaulle 's return . |
| 12 | The greatest sources of all job losses from 1971 to 1978 lay in the manufacture of textiles , mechanical engineering and metals , but already manufacturing decline was generalized , common to many products and areas . |
| 13 | As the French armies advanced , in the contracting area controlled by the patriots effective government and the war effort of the years 1808–14 lay in the hands of the Juntas . |
| 14 | Its significance in 1422 lay in the way it questioned whether birth was a sufficient warrant for high military office , or whether the responsibilities of leadership in war time should only be accorded ( and it was the king who accorded them ) to those whose experience and reputation in military affairs merited them . |
| 15 | She was trembling , perhaps because she 'd suddenly remembered that the origin of the toast she had just drunk lay in the Viking custom of saluting each other by drinking from the skulls of their enemies . |
| 16 | Gloucester 's major acquisitions in the reshuffle of 1471 lay in the north . |
| 17 | Gloucester 's major acquisitions in the reshuffle of 1471 lay in the north . |
| 18 | The first lay in the effect it might have on teaching and learning and the second in too great a concentration of power in the hands of the government of the day and especially with one person , the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | The first lay in the fact that letters to RTD from educated people in urban areas far outnumbered those received from the less well-educated . |
| 20 | The greatest difference between these cars and 46–55 lay in the trucks . |
| 21 | Part of the answer for the change by 1907 lay in the fact that by then Mexico had 20,000 miles of telegraph lines and 17,000 miles of railways . |