Example sentences of "which lies [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a small hood , corresponding to the foreskin , which lies over the clitoris . |
| 2 | Indeed , the chairman of the committee on clinical immunology and allergy instructed it that the hearing was not a trial of alternative medicine or the provocation-neutralisation test , which lies at the centre of clinical ecology . |
| 3 | Orpiere , reached by turning west off the N75 Grenoble road about 25km north of Sisteron , is a little village which lies at the foot of a cirque of crags . |
| 4 | But it is possible to believe that the idea of ventriloquism which lies at the heart of it may be successfully applied both to some sorts of contemporary author and to some of what went before . |
| 5 | Harnoncourt ( ) , on the other hand , is let down by the unpredictability of his choral forces , and Gardiner ( ) is all sheen and polish , but misses the sense of the ceremonial which lies at the heart of his this most perfect of all choral masterpieces . |
| 6 | It has created 1,900 jobs but during the same period over 800 existing jobs have been lost in an area which lies at the heart of three parliamentary constituencies with some of the highest unemployment rates in Britain . |
| 7 | Indeed if we recall Dworkin 's own formulation of the principle of political equality which lies at the heart of his master-principle of equal concern and respect it would appear to support the criticisms just advanced . |
| 8 | They are more fundamentally divided by their disparate conceptions of the human individual — a fact which lies at the heart of their views of explanation . |
| 9 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 10 | For it is precisely the fact that men have tended to be associated with that which is above , spiritual and ‘ like God ’ , whereas women have been associated with that which is below , of the earth , sexual , and ‘ unlike God ’ which lies at the heart of the problem ! |
| 11 | For some liberal historians , it is the idealism of the young rebels , their commitment to liberty or even an altruistic wish to atone for their own privileges by improving the lot of the wretched peasants and workers , which lies at the heart of the matter . |
| 12 | I turn next to the question of the undertaking in damages , which lies at the heart of the present appeal . |
| 13 | The question which lies at the heart of the appeal is whether money exacted as taxes from a citizen by the revenue ultra vires is recoverable by the citizen as of right ; if so , Woolwich will be entitled to interest on the sums repaid to it by the revenue , running from the dates when those sums were paid to the revenue by Woolwich . |
| 14 | This is the real point which lies at the heart of the present appeal ; in a sense , everything which I have said so far has done no more than set the stage for its consideration . |
| 15 | Chief Constables , for example , are n a different position from other chief officers by holding executive authority in their own right ( and not derived from councillors ) , an arrangement which lies at the heart of suggestions that the police are less accountable for their actions than other local-authority employees ( Oliver , 1987 ) . |
| 16 | There can be no doubt that it was a major factor in the complex pattern of conditions which lies at the heart of the disorders in Brixton and elsewhere . |
| 17 | The warmth and colour which lies at the heart of the poet though , whilst surrounded by cold , dark , lifelessness shines through for his beloved to see . |
| 18 | Segundo Montes challenges the unjust social and economic system which lies at the heart of the conflict in El Salvador . |
| 19 | That is the issue which lies at the heart of Mr. Thorpe 's case . |
| 20 | It is interesting that it is in the work of a woman , Julian of Norwich , that Mary 's female willingness to be open to receive embodies that attitude which lies at the heart of contemplative experience . |
| 21 | It is the underlying implication of the existence of a providing ‘ god ’ which lies at the bottom of a great deal of the world 's misery . |
| 22 | This movement exposes the active site ( pink ) , consisting of a catalytic triad like that of the serine proteinases , which lies at the bottom of a hydrophobic canyon in the catalytic amino-terminal domain of the protein . |
| 23 | Here the editors venture carefully into the world of cognitive science , which lies at the intersection of AI and cognitive psychology . |
| 24 | ‘ Flexible specialization ’ refers to an integrated marketing , investment and production strategy which lies at the interface of product standardization and customization . |
| 25 | For the detectorist , there are only three small coves of shingle and Eastern beach , which lies at the end of the airport runway . |
| 26 | The most prolific refining and distribution areas is Ribat , which lies at the crossroads of three countries — Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iran . |
| 27 | The Market Square , which lies at the junction of the two main streets , contains the Butter Cross , a medieval meeting place which has a steeply gabled roof surmounted by a clock turret from 1683 . |
| 28 | Excavation has provided dendrochronological dates of c.951-61 and 968 for part of the small section known as the Double Wall , which lies at the junction of the central section and the rampart which connects with Hedeby to the east . |
| 29 | Consent , which lies at the root of self-determination , should be the conceptual mechanism whereby the right is guaranteed and safeguarded . |
| 30 | It is our illusion of separateness which lies at the root of our fears . |