Example sentences of "[that] lay [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denuded heads on pale green drooping stems hung like mourners at a graveside over the ring of faded scarlet petals that lay on the painted wood . |
| 2 | But these bright spots were dimmed by the assassination of the Western-orientated Hashemite royal family in Baghdad on 14th July 1958 during the Nasser-inspired coup , which ended Britain 's treaty relations with Iraq and led to the RAF 's withdrawal from the Habbaniyah and Shu'aiba air bases that lay on the air-reinforcement route to the Far East . |
| 3 | Retracing his footsteps to the little village of Souilly that lay astride the main Barle-Due/Verdun road , Pétain was met by de Castelnau , to whom he relayed the dire tidings about Douaumont . |
| 4 | That door opened into one of the staff car-parks that lay between the medical-school library and our Home . |
| 5 | I found myself revising with the small colloquia that lay around the grassy precincts of the university . |
| 6 | Dane narrowed his eyes , clearly understanding the depths of anguish that lay behind the stark summary of one woman 's life . |
| 7 | When it comes to the more basic aspects of organizational culture — the beliefs and values concerning leadership and organization — that lay behind the concrete organizational phenomena , a model relating culture to idea-management has evolved in our research efforts . |
| 8 | It was the spectacular performance of brands — and their owners — throughout the 1980s that lay behind the hefty premiums paid in these and other takeovers . |
| 9 | The creation of the system was interpreted by Bilson [ 1979 ] as : " … the first step back from the rugged individualism and national self-interest that lay behind the formal acceptance of flexible exchange rates at the Jamaica meetings of the International Monetary Fund in January 1976 . " |
| 10 | On the boulder that lay against the rough stone stump of the Cross two men were standing , waving torn papers and conducting the crowd in a chorus of jeers . |