Example sentences of "which lay [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So perhaps Hahnemann was quite right when he suggested that inherited factors from past infections or infections suffered by ancestors caused imbalances which lay at the heart of the chronic diseases . |
| 2 | It was this issue which lay at the heart of Dicey 's concern about droit administratif . |
| 3 | This was the question which lay at the heart of every murder investigation ; and yet he knew its absurdity before he asked it . |
| 4 | Like the Mirza Nama , the Shah Jehan Nama worships superficial , shiny things — gifts , uniforms , jewels — and deliberately ignores the darkness and corruption which lay at the heart of the court . |
| 5 | In the autumn of 1955 , while the pages of the Spectator continued to be filled with angry reaction to Henry Fairlie 's remarks about the Establishment , its radical counterpart , the New Statesman tackled the family which lay at the Establishment 's heart . |
| 6 | Clement wrote the third book of his Miscellanies to attack the Gnostic denial of the goodness of the created order , which lay at the root of their contradictory attitudes to sex , either as a repulsive carnality or as a source of phallic ecstasy . |
| 7 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 8 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 9 | Luke and Sonny headed towards the wide square of open ground which lay at the end of the lane . |
| 10 | Lewis found himself looking at the back page of The Oxford Times which lay on the desk . |
| 11 | As ruler of Aquitaine Henry felt that it was his duty to impose a settlement , but in recent years Louis VII had been showing some interest in this region , which lay on the route between Paris and Toulouse . |
| 12 | She kicked a tin which lay on the pavement . |
| 13 | Mr Healey — the best leader Labour never had , and a man of such substance as the party no longer possesses — was regarding , from under shaggy eyebrows , the large and rollicking volume of his autobiography , just published , which lay on the table between us in his hotel suite . |
| 14 | Giving evidence , Capt von Humbracht said that he picked up the uniform , hat and sword belonging to Napoleon which lay on the ground . |
| 15 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 16 | He picked up a napkin which lay beside the plate and wiped his hands on it . |
| 17 | Martha waved to Elizabeth , as she ran down the side of the field of oats which lay between the farm and the beckside path . |
| 18 | Wisps of smoke revealed that the cottagers were cooking their evening meals at the hearths of the small hamlet which lay to the north of the crossroads . |
| 19 | Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west . |
| 20 | The sound of someone entering her bedroom , which lay beyond the dressing room , made Sally turn , still holding the dress against her and frowning with annoyance . |
| 21 | During the eighteenth century there were signs of the first rumblings of the tectonic upheaval which shattered the old order in Europe , and from its ruins created a group of nation states out of the submerged nations which lay under the surface of the great multinational empires . |
| 22 | The conflict centred upon the Northern Territories , four islands ( known in the Soviet Union as the Kuriles ) which lay off the coast of Hokkaido , and which had been occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945 . |
| 23 | It was not until the First World War that the last vestiges of the Habsburg , Ottoman and Romanov empires finally crumbled , making way for a tier of nation states which lay across the map of Europe from the Baltic to the Aegean . |
| 24 | While they ate their first course , a delicately flavoured clear soup , Nathan told her about the winemaking establishments which lay along the shore to the south of the town . |
| 25 | There were two financial institutions which lay outside the Exchequer 's control . |
| 26 | A little to the east of Ardnave Loch a round house was excavated , the wall of which lay against the edge of a foundation cut in the dune , was skilfully constructed of upright slabs interspersed with thin dry stone panels of water worn pebbles . |
| 27 | He had already prepared the ground for the extension of the concrete flooring , and , since this was likely to be the last Sunday of the year when it would not freeze , the next job was to prepare the concrete mixture , which lay against the wall in a large bag . |
| 28 | She was sitting bolt upright on the thick tug which lay before the fireplace in which the coals glowed and flamed . |
| 29 | Only in the last few months of his pontificate , before his promotion to York , did Bothe recognize the duke 's local interests by appointing ducal servants to office within the bishopric , not only at Crayke ( which lay within the duke 's sphere of influence in the forest of Galtres ) , but within County Durham itself , where Gloucester 's retainer John Redmane was made bailiff of Bishop Auckland . |
| 30 | Only in the last few months of his pontificate , before his promotion to York , did Bothe recognize the duke 's local interests by appointing ducal servants to office within the bishopric , not only at Crayke ( which lay within the duke 's sphere of influence in the forest of Galtres ) , but within County Durham itself , where Gloucester 's retainer John Redmane was made bailiff of Bishop Auckland . |