Example sentences of "it lies [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no accepted blocking temperature for Pb retention in zircon , however , nor any evidence that it lies below the equilibration temperatures of upper-mantle rocks . |
| 2 | As far as I am aware , this theory has found very little formal or scholarly expression , although it lies below the surface of much that has been informally expressed by directors of English ensembles and by others , both in conversation and in the various kinds of writing generated by the commercial music business . |
| 3 | Although in some cases , part of the site may survive because it lies outside the area to be destroyed , more often the whole site disappears and only excavation records and finds are left . |
| 4 | Many believe that it lies under the church of San Vincenzo in Prato , even though there is no historical record of the church before the year 806 . |
| 5 | My favourite Benbecula loch is Ba Alasdair , at the south end of the island ; it lies to the north of a narrow , twisting track that leads north and then eastwards from the B891 ; about fifteen minutes , easy walk from the road . |
| 6 | It lies to the left of the work while the main carriage needs a waiting place while the lace carriage is in motion and that is the reason for the right extension rail . |
| 7 | The greater part of it lies to the south of the confluence of the two rivers , which therefore split the town into three distinct parts . |
| 8 | It lies with the politicians at different levels , right back to Brussels , who still believe in the efficacy of high-sounding names . |
| 9 | If there is a future beyond social democracy and state socialism , it lies with an alternative to pandering to consumerism and the status quo . |
| 10 | But the real skill in producing it lies with one man , ‘ Sniffer In Chief ’ Frank Newlands . |
| 11 | It lies with his distinction between a form of consciousness directed to ‘ practical ’ , ‘ material ’ or ‘ real ’ activity and a different form of consciousness that is directed to social relations and is taken as constituting ideology . |
| 12 | And if it lies with me , I will be your last . |
| 13 | The problem , as I began to discover over the years , does n't lie with the composer , it lies with the interpreters and what is expected from the interpreters by people who have dubious taste . |
| 14 | I say ’ or ’ simply because I am not aware — and at the moment there is no way of finding out — whether the consultants who wished to involve the NRA or Cardiff city council 's environmental health department were told not to do so by the Cardiff Bay development corporation or whether , off their own bat , they simply chose not to do so , in which case , if there is a design fault , it lies with them . |
| 15 | Oh well maybe you discuss that at your meeting on the second of February yeah cos er where that lies with I 'm not bothered who it lies with to be quite honest Er , so what you 're saying basically on point seven then is it 's all tickety boo is it ? |
| 16 | The fact of the matter is , as far as the erm and I accept to a certain degree what Jack has just said , that the power for schools lies with the Governors , and it lies with the Governors because the Conservative Government has enacted legislation to allow that to happen . |
| 17 | It lies across the studio floor in two giant sections . |
| 18 | It shrinks when it lies across the circle — along a diameter-compared to what it 's like when measuring round the circle . |
| 19 | It lies between Burrough on the Hill and Somerby , about six miles south of Melton Mowbray . |
| 20 | It lies between the city of Hull and Withernsea and is built on the heavy clays of South Holderness . |
| 21 | One of the fainter constellations of the Zodiac ; it lies between Regulus , in Leo , and Castor and Pollux in Gemini . |
| 22 | It intrudes into Carina , and seems to have no justification for separate identity ; it lies between Canopus and Beta Carinæ . |
| 23 | It lies between Sagitta and Cygnus . |
| 24 | A ball is deemed to be in a lateral water hazard if it lies between the parallel red stakes marking the boundary of the lateral water hazard , whether or not the ball lies in the water or on the surrounding bank . |
| 25 | So mediant is the third and it lies between , it 's in the middle in other words . |
| 26 | In status , it lies between a professorship and a senior lectureship , but is equivalent to the latter in duties ( and salary scale ) . |
| 27 | ‘ It lies between Edwina Currie and Emma Nicholson , with Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman a rank outsider . ’ |
| 28 | It lies beside its mother occasionally disengaging from the teat with creamy milk dribbling from the side of its mouth , while she takes a rest and perhaps shifts on the sand to offer her other teat . |
| 29 | It lies on the easter outskirts of Brighton in East Sussex , and today is the home of three Territorial Army units , each representing a different part of the Army . |
| 30 | It lies on the eastern edge of the Ruhr coalfield and is some fifteen miles from the Möhne Dam , one of the targets of the famous ‘ Dambusters ’ raid . |