Example sentences of "[noun pl] can [be] laid [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guidelines can be laid out , but your own taste will decide what you will use , and this is especially true where rods are concerned , e.g. when long-range legering for all species other than carp and pike I favour a rod between 11ft and 11ft 6in. in length , a test-curve of a little over 1lb , with a fast-taper action . |
| 2 | The advantage of this is that the secretaries can be laid off during the summer recess , and MPs can avoid the cost of employing them from the ‘ expenses ’ allowance . |
| 3 | The 10 per cent of employees that are temporary or seasonal workers can be laid off or recruited as required , and altering the proportion of output coming from subcontractors causes them in turn to adjust their labour force . |
| 4 | No firm rules can be laid down as to the form that consultation should take and how long it should last . |
| 5 | No hard and fast rules can be laid down , but the sooner you can help teenagers acquire the confidence to act responsibly and not to be afraid of peer pressure , the more freedom you can allow them . |
| 6 | No hard and fast rules can be laid down but generally we will wish to impart minimum information to obtain maximum in return . |
| 7 | The circumstances of a particular case may oblige the partners as a matter of good faith to proceed first by way of warning as to future conduct or to offer a personal hearing to the offending partner , but few general rules can be laid down in this respect . |
| 8 | No general rules can be laid down as to the reasonableness of a time period because these obviously depend on the facts of each case , however as Lord Shaw said in the Morris ( Herbert ) case " as the time of the restriction lengthens and the space of its operation extends , the weight of the onus on the covenantee grows " . |