Example sentences of "laid [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the way , it 's laid on at La Motte today , that large farm near the digging ops . |
| 2 | The growth characteristics of the bones are laid down at the time when the pattern is specified and the elements are very small and this early specification will control growth for many years ( Chapter 10 ) . |
| 3 | To date , in certain areas of company law , minimum standards have been laid down at Community level , and apply to companies throughout the EC , irrespective of where they are incorporated or have their central administration . |
| 4 | Most of them are sandstones or limestones that were laid down at the bottom of the shallow seas that once covered this part of North America . |
| 5 | They need to be informed about the aims and content of foreign language teaching in this country , as laid down at present by exams such as GSCE and in the future by the National Curriculum . |
| 6 | When the local government map was laid down at the end of the nineteenth century , many of the administrative units — for example , Anglo-Saxon shires and medieval boroughs — were already outdated . |
| 7 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 8 | I told him we were simply adapting the phrase from the social security regulations , where for years it has worked perfectly satisfactorily in deciding whether or not a worker should get benefit if he is laid off at another workplace from the one where a dispute is taking place . |
| 9 | Manpower , which operates a system of layoffs for staff to whom it can not offer an assignment , estimated that between five and ten per cent of its workforce might be laid off at any one time . |
| 10 | Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ? |
| 11 | It was , and Venturous was laid up at Buckie for nearly ten months while new Cummins engines were fitted . |
| 12 | Large numbers of nuclear-powered submarines are laid up at a harbour near Murmansk . |
| 13 | The magnificent wings were laid out at full stretch , as though the swan were in flight , and the head rested with a perfect profile uppermost , above the frozen curve of the neck . |
| 14 | A boiled egg and two slices of buttered bread had been laid out at his place at the table . |
| 15 | At the year end the combined membership reached 308 thus exceeding the magic 300 , yet the trading surplus was only £15 , with a mere £130 on capital account , although new greens at the 6th and 8th had been laid out at some cost . |
| 16 | For one brief moment I felt the full shock of its death ; of a life , until recently , so remote , so inextricably part of the mountains and forests , now suddenly laid out at my feet . |
| 17 | The field at Adswood was sold , and new playing fields were laid out at the front of the School , facing the railway line . |
| 18 | It now leads , via sharp bends , into the town , whose broad market place was laid out at the gate of Kimbolton Castle probably around 1200 . |
| 19 | It is at this point that we can make our first connection with the emphases we have laid out at the beginning of this book . |