Example sentences of "[not/n't] lay [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also the latter sfumato technique that Ramsay favoured , in which smokily smooth and imperceptible transitions are effected between areas of colour , did not lay emphasis on the linear as the early style had . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Ms Craig ! ’ she exclaimed , rushing forward with outstretched hands as if afraid Melissa would vanish if she did not lay hold of her . |
| 3 | Foucault emphasizes that his work does not lay claim to universal or general categories , nor is it even homogeneous , a presupposition that , as he has shown , has less to do with the work as such than the critical construction of its ‘ author ’ . |
| 4 | It is because such a historical social psychology would cut through the conventional distinction between pure and applied social psychology , and because it would not lay claim to universal psychological principles , that it would involve a more radical change in orientation that a universal anthropological social psychology . |
| 5 | Nothing is known of his education except that he did not lay claim to any degree . |
| 6 | The issue , an ongoing source of tension , had been aggravated by remarks in July by Demiral on the eve of the inauguration of the Ataturk dam on July 25 , to the effect that Iraq and Syria could not lay claim to the water Turkey drew from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers . |
| 7 | Frogs do n't lay spawn in winter . |
| 8 | We Brits may have invented cricket , tennis , football , rugby , golf , darts and bowls but we ca n't lay claim to baseball , ice hockey , American football , ten-pin bowling , rhythmic gymnastics , synchro swimming or sumo wrestling . |