Example sentences of "be lay [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon . |
| 2 | Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts . |
| 3 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 4 | Thus , in the vital days before September 1939 , not only had prime arrangements been undertaken in connection with aircraft and tanks , but the organisation had been laid down for the ready assembly of ambulance trains and casualty evacuation trains and , through the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers ' Consultative Committee , which was formed in the abortive crisis of September 1938 , to advise the Railway Executive Committee on matters pertaining to Railway Workshops , rolling stock and electrical undertakings . |
| 5 | Eventually , they talked themselves out ; or at least the talk became overlaid by the preparations for the Christmas feast , only two weeks away , and those matters of business that had been laid aside for the Earl 's attention : the visits he had to make , and the people he had to see . |
| 6 | She then went on to point out that several pieces of silver had been laid out for the dining room which bore clear remains of polish . |
| 7 | Trained by the man in form Nigel Twiston-Davies , who had a double at Cheltenham , Captain Dibble has been laid out for the race and has n't run since January when he finished third behind Very Very Ordinary carrying 12 stone at Ascot . |
| 8 | It appears to me as though Captain Diobble has been laid out for the race and although there are no such things as a certainty in a National , I feel he may be the right one . |
| 9 | I landed in a heap of cardboard boxes , shredded paper and polystyrene which had evidently been laid out for the purpose and prepared to come up fighting . |
| 10 | To reduce the possibility of the lining materials , used for the construction of walls and ceilings , contributing to the initial fire spread within the building , performance standards are laid down for the reaction to fire of the materials used for the exposed surfaces . |
| 11 | Under English evidential law , specific provisions are laid down for the submission and use of computer records in court . |
| 12 | Rules were laid down for the management of schools , and the provision of finance by local authorities . |
| 13 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 14 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 15 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 16 | The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 18 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |