Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] lies at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 2 | The issue is whether a civil action for defamation lies at the suit of a corporate public authority . |
| 3 | If you look through all the short stories you know , I think you 'll find that the element of change lies at the bottom of each , like an insistent ground bass . |
| 4 | The assimilation of moderate levels of complexity into higher levels of orderliness lies at the heart of Smith 's aesthetic , in which excitement is generated by complexity whilst delight results from the apprehension of an overriding sense of order . |
| 5 | We may even suggest that the theory of contracts presents an ideal terrain for an examination of these fundamental issues of political philosophy , for the law of contract lies at the intersection of the market and the state , using the coercive power of the latter to reinforce the discipline of the former . |
| 6 | Indeed , the symbolic consumption of wine lies at the heart of Christianity , in the form of Communion and Mass . |
| 7 | A feeling of failure lies at the very heart of Serb nationalism , and with that come all the various justifications for this failure : all the various Cominterns , masonries and their unbelievable plots . |
| 8 | The central insight , as Jonathan Mann ( Harvard ) pointed out , and as is emphasised in the report of the Global AIDS Policy Coalition , is that discrimination by society lies at the root of individual and community vulnerability to AIDS . |