Example sentences of "lie in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The root of the problem , however , lies in the capitalist form of production which generates these conflicting tendencies . |
| 2 | Governments of every political persuasion wish to spend more on an almost limitless number of service areas , but far too often — infinitely more often than Labour Members care to admit — the fault lies in the simple failure of an individual to deliver a conscientious personal commitment . |
| 3 | The Zakro temple lies in the lowest part of the valley , frequently half-submerged by the rising water-table , and threatened by further sea-level rises . |
| 4 | The second kind of cause lies in the other part of our inheritance — the treatment we receive as our personalities form in childhood . |
| 5 | It seems , therefore , that the answer to the question of how to conduct incident reporting lies in the parallel operation of a voluntary reporting system operated by the regulating authority and a confidential reporting system operated by a competent separate agency . |
| 6 | The answer — as long as you are stinking rich — lies in the ultimate gift guide , Robb Report magazine 's annual list of the most exclusive presents on earth . |
| 7 | The basic legal distinction between murder and manslaughter lies in the mental element , but English law has now developed qualified defences to murder which mark out cases where , despite the presence of the mental element for murder , culpability is thought to be sufficiently reduced to warrant a reduction in the class of offence . |
| 8 | A key difference to conventional relational databases lies in the sheer size of data objects which multimedia databases must handle . |
| 9 | If Radiohead 's singular problem lies in the sheer obviousness of their line of attack , Magnapop confuse by being so blatantly obvious in a bloody weird way . |
| 10 | The unpaired 5'T(-1) lies in the major groove of the next duplex , where it makes a Hoogsteen base pair with A17 to form a T.A.T triple helical interaction . |
| 11 | The importance of the case lies in the general discussion of the principles of natural justice , especially that given by Lord Reid . |
| 12 | The key to the agreement lies in the two SNA/OSI standards points . |
| 13 | The justification for crisis management , to those who argue the case , lies in the self-evident desirability of avoiding instability or open war . |
| 14 | The answer lies in the real increase in take-home pay . |
| 15 | One gap which exists in this range of alternatives , is that there has been no testing of the view that the explanation for recent events lies in the non-clearing nature of the labour market . |
| 16 | All radiation in the spectrum lies in the visible region , so glass optics can be used , and this offers an important advantage over the IR region , where glass is unusable , and mechanically weaker salt optics or front-silvered mirrors must be employed . |
| 17 | Perhaps the Met 's problem lies in the present state of museum affairs , where the ideal curator combines impeccable scholarship and connoisseurship with a golden ability to raise acquisition funds and attract and nurture prospective donors . |
| 18 | A final problem lies in the present perception of the going concern qualification 's role and in the nature of the auditors ' relationship with their client company 's management . |
| 19 | The principal problem with this method , however , lies in the small size of the sample group , only 15 users being interviewed in each township . |
| 20 | Part of the answer lies in the managerial perspective itself and another part in the failure to develop a viable approach to the professional dimensions of schools . |
| 21 | It introduces the thought that in his speech as well as in his writing , Johnson understood that the essence of art lies in the perfect marriage of form and content , therefore , Boswell may have reached for an accuracy beyond sycophancy . |
| 22 | Set on one of the Black Forest 's largest lakes , Schluchsee lies in the southern part of the Forest , enjoying one of the sunniest climates in Germany . |
| 23 | Cromore , the village where I was born , lies in the southern shore of Loch Erisort , looking across to a similar settlement on the northern side . |
| 24 | The root of the East German church 's involvement lies in the agonising sense of guilt and self-accusation among many clergy during and after the Second World War for not having spoken out against the Nazis in time . |
| 25 | The distinction lies in the actual intention to do ‘ evil ’ on the one hand , and the absence of ‘ goodness ’ on the other . |
| 26 | Part of the explanation lies in the greater liquidity of the second-hand market for residential dwellings ; corporate assets are more difficult to resell because of difficulties in ascertaining quality . |
| 27 | The solution to most infant behaviour problems lies in the consistent management of reinforcers and punishers . |
| 28 | But the whole affair of Airbus and its new cousin lies in the deepest shadow that menaces Europe 's single-market project : the old-world urge to subsidise , to protect jobs and to create national champions remains depressingly intact . |
| 29 | by the N.N.E. striking Gifhorn Trough which lies in the northward continuation of the Hessen trough as part of the Mediterranean -Mjösen Zone . |
| 30 | The importance of this development lies in the personal history of the UGT leader , Nicolas Redondo . |