Example sentences of "[noun] lies [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar area rich in both environmental and archaeological heritage lies over the Guatemalan frontier . |
| 2 | That 's the theory … here 's the practical … first the course … they 've mapped out the 26 miles … the beauty of the route lies in the cobbled squares of ancient towns like Bhaktapur … the beast is the city … traffic and smoke is a major problem … the other unknown factor is altitude … |
| 3 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 4 | In Libya , our most prospective acreage lies within the remote Murzuk Basin . |
| 5 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 6 | The latter is one of the characteristic features at Water Newton , where the most complicated street system known in this category lies within a walled area enclosing 18 ha ( 44 acres ) ; it should not be forgotten , though , that extensive ribbon developments also existed to north and south along Ermine Street ( see figs. 18 and 20 ) . |
| 7 | Accountability in committee meetings lies with the whole membership and not with particular individuals . |
| 8 | But the NRA insist that the responsibility lies with the local Cheshire County Council . |
| 9 | But Lee Bridges of the Public Law Project points out that judicial reviews have so far effectively assumed that , even if services are provided by an independent agent , ultimate responsibility lies with the public body holding basis statutory responsibility . |
| 10 | Overall responsibility to the Academic Board and the Director for the health of the Course lies with the appointed Dean , who heads a small central team consisting of the Assistant Dean , Modular Course Co-ordinator and eleven senior tutors . |
| 11 | Although physiologically naive to suggest , as some have , that the seat of creativity lies in the right hemisphere , the latter 's contribution must be considered of unique importance , given what is known about its style of cognitive processing . |
| 12 | But to decide where a proper award lies within a given bracket will still , we believe , require consideration of previous awards in similar cases . |
| 13 | All radiation in the spectrum lies in the visible region , so glass optics can be used , and this offers an important advantage over the IR region , where glass is unusable , and mechanically weaker salt optics or front-silvered mirrors must be employed . |
| 14 | The crag lies outside the main tourist haunts and even in high summer , when the midday sun can make it too hot to climb , an air of secrecy prevails . |
| 15 | The importance of the case lies in the general discussion of the principles of natural justice , especially that given by Lord Reid . |
| 16 | Under conditions of a clear parliamentary majority , the choice of when to hold an election lies with the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | There has to be some trade-off between the benefits of open access and the value of integrated programmes , and I think the balance of advantage lies with the integrative approach . |
| 18 | And its advantage lies in the particular enzyme by which it is transcribed into RNA . |
| 19 | According to Brazilian law the responsibility for controlling the sale and the use of mercury lies with the national institute for the environment , IBAMA and in theory these controls are very strict , all importers and dealers are supposed to be registered , and the use of mercury in any process and in whatever quantity , how ever small , requires an official permit . |
| 20 | The camp lies on a flat plain , completely without vegetation . |
| 21 | Apart from the inputs and outputs described above this procedure checks whether each reference measure lies outside a certain percentage tolerance , checks for low-light conditions ( failure to see the reference card ) and checks on the current number of bad readings . |
| 22 | The main area of weakness lies in the political arena . |
| 23 | The weakness lies in an apparent inability to translate sufficient of these achievements — especially from government-funded work in the universities and national laboratories — into successful commercial products and services . |
| 24 | To find it , simply follow a line from Beta through Epsilon ; Omega lies at an equal distance on the far side of Epsilon . |
| 25 | The answer to this impasse lies in a third way of knowing , one which is based on presuppositions . |
| 26 | I believe that the major discontinuity lies in the discursive forms through which positions of racial superiority are constructed . |
| 27 | Lido di Camaiore lies at the northern end of Viareggio , next to Marina di Pietrasanta , in the most fashionable part of the Tuscan coast . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | If no action lies for the actual object , none the less the doctrine of tracing allows the money or property received by the trustee on sale of the object under trust to be pursued , and for it to be regarded as subject to the trust in place of the original property intended . |
| 30 | It seems , therefore , that the answer to the question of how to conduct incident reporting lies in the parallel operation of a voluntary reporting system operated by the regulating authority and a confidential reporting system operated by a competent separate agency . |