Example sentences of "lay [adv] the basic " in BNC.
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| 1 | That year the great Earl of Chatham , formerly the elder Pitt , laid down the basic principles of British naval policy : |
| 2 | In 1986 the Court of Appeal laid down the basic rules on competition by ex-employees in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler 1986 IRLR 69 . |
| 3 | Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract . |
| 4 | Section 60 of the Licensing Act 1964 lays down the basic permitted laws for on-licences : |
| 5 | Section 24 lays down the basic default rules as to the interests and duties of partners subject to their special agreements : The interests of partners in the partnership property and their rights and duties in relation to the partnership shall be determined , subject to any agreement express or implied between the partners , by the following rules : ( 1 ) All the partners are entitled to share equally in the capital and profits of the business , and must contribute equally towards the losses whether of capital or otherwise sustained by the firm . |
| 6 | Civilisation , which is wholly controlled by man himself , should never have been allowed to develop without the unquestioning acceptance of the inexorable power of the evolutionary process itself to lay down the basic pattern of human behaviour . |