Example sentences of "[that] lies [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are times when it might seem that this is a definition which can produce the sense of a self which is both amorphous and autonomous , of a doubtful self which also serves to cast doubt on the human world that lies beyond the subjective individual — a world which some writers are , and some are not , very cunning in , and which is inhabited by people with a working knowledge of who they are and what they are doing . |
| 2 | The temple illustrates the animal fetishism that lies at the dark roots of Egyptian religion and which it never really outgrew . |
| 3 | It is this conundrum that lies at the very heart of the Section 28 debate — not to mention Labour 's problems with it . |
| 4 | He had broken through the terror barrier , perhaps , and was in the dead calm state of mind that lies on the other side . |
| 5 | St Albans is a good example of this type , if we think away the large block of building that lies between the present market place and the street called Chequer Street that lies behind . |
| 6 | If that part of the journey from home to destination that lies outside the immediate neighbourhood can not be made safely and easily by bike or on foot , then the environmental and safety gains made inside neighbourhood traffic calmed areas are unlikely to be fully utilised . |
| 7 | Along with deposits near Hawaii , this is the only deposit that lies within the proposed 200-mile exclusive economic zone of the US . |
| 8 | This mythical treatment of dictatorship not only gives the novel a more universal dimension , but communicates the fundamental struggle between human decency and selfishness that lies behind the political struggle . |
| 9 | That 's the thinking that lies behind the huge number of initiatives being taken by environmental organisations as their contribution to the Earth Summit . |
| 10 | For if we ask , In what respect is the " eternity " of Yahweh significant in the present context , it is in the sense of line B , that he was in distant times creator of the earth ; and it is his creative power that lies behind the subsequent lines ( vv. 28c-31 ) . |