Example sentences of "[noun sg] laid [adv prt] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal applied the law laid down by the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division in Reg. v. Commissioner for Local Administration , Ex parte Croydon London Borough Council [ 1989 ] 1 All E.R. |
| 2 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 3 | After a period of popular unrest , Avril was forced to resign as President in March 1990 and was replaced in an interim capacity by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a Supreme Court justice , under a procedure laid down by the 1987 Constitution . |
| 4 | It will not , however , come into effect until 1 July 1994 , eighteen months after the deadline laid down by the Single European Act . |
| 5 | The Acts include a general clause which says that the corporation should keep proper accounting records and should present its accounts in a form laid down by the relevant Secretary of State . |
| 6 | The British attitude had long been clear : the 1951 Conservative government had continued to follow the line laid down by the previous Labour foreign minister , Ernest Bevin , who said in the House of Commons in November 1950 that Britain preferred an expansion of the Treaty of Brussels to serve as the basis of military cooperation within NATO , but would not object to the EDC were it to be established . |
| 7 | " The European Council notes that 11 member states desire to continue on the path laid down by the Social Charter in 1989 [ see p. 37132 ] . |
| 8 | The LCCI Examinations Board Retailing NVQ Certificate have been developed by the Board to meet the criteria for accreditation laid down by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |