Example sentences of "lies [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no action lies for the actual object , none the less the doctrine of tracing allows the money or property received by the trustee on sale of the object under trust to be pursued , and for it to be regarded as subject to the trust in place of the original property intended . |
| 2 | This lies between the mean densities of Venus and the Earth , but because of Mercury 's low gravity the uncompressed density is not much less that 5430 kg/m 3 , whereas the uncompressed densities of Venus and the Earth are considerably less than the planetary values . |
| 3 | The frons is the unpaired upper facial part of the head which often lies between the lateral arms of the ecdysial cleavage line when this is present . |
| 4 | Where they do not coincide the coastal orientation usually lies between the two directions , being nearer to the one which is dominant . |
| 5 | The truth probably lies between the two extremes . |
| 6 | St Albans is a good example of this type , if we think away the large block of building that lies between the present market place and the street called Chequer Street that lies behind . |
| 7 | A ‘ Glagolitic ’ Seminary existed until 1820 in Priko , in the district of Poljica , which lies between the lower Cetina valley and the coast between Split and Omiš . |
| 8 | The first may be difficult to distinguish from the ventral arm spines but may be recognised because it usually lies between the preceding arm spine row and the row of the arm segment with the pore . |
| 9 | If you follow it along from the historical site it leads you to a perfect waterfall , and then to a point where flat grass lies between the vertical gorge sides . |
| 10 | ‘ The local authority 's duty lies through the public law provisions . ’ |
| 11 | The Rothorn Hut , built in 1949 , lies below a rocky outcrop next to the glacier , with a great panorama of the Ober Gabelhorn and other Zermatt peaks , especially the Monte Rosa . |
| 12 | Any simple class C1 lies below an ontological class C if all the functions and predicates used to describe C1 are in the set S for C. |
| 13 | The action would not be an indirect method of enforcing the contract against the other contracting party because it lies against a third party and in tort . |
| 14 | Crow sat in its chair , telling loud lies against the Black Beast . |
| 15 | ( The original crypt , one of the most ancient surviving Christian structures , lies beneath the present church and is open to visitors . ) |
| 16 | Often a priority given to some activity in this police hierarchy of meaning has been laid down from a constable 's first days as a probationer and now lies beneath the immediate consciousness , so that any calls for a change in direction of police response may well be defeated by an unspoken semantic value which the institution gives to that activity . |
| 17 | And so to pastures new … and the small town of Gresford which lies near the Welsh border close to Wrexham . |
| 18 | Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets . |
| 19 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 20 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 21 | The centre will , however , often ‘ attempt to neutralise the influences of local interests in local states ’ ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , p. 41 ) , and we claim such an attempt has taken place from 1979 to 1988 and that it is this which lies behind the current restructuring of local-central government relations . |
| 22 | ( Beyond doubt that characterization lies behind the logico-linguistic criterion considered earlier . ) |
| 23 | This mythical treatment of dictatorship not only gives the novel a more universal dimension , but communicates the fundamental struggle between human decency and selfishness that lies behind the political struggle . |
| 24 | But I suspect that unawareness of this structural effect within hypocrisy plots lies behind the disparaging attitude , so common in modem criticism , towards Othello and , to a lesser extent , Desdemona . |
| 25 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 26 | For if we ask , In what respect is the " eternity " of Yahweh significant in the present context , it is in the sense of line B , that he was in distant times creator of the earth ; and it is his creative power that lies behind the subsequent lines ( vv. 28c-31 ) . |
| 27 | That 's the thinking that lies behind the huge number of initiatives being taken by environmental organisations as their contribution to the Earth Summit . |
| 28 | The anterior or basalar sclerites are never more than two in number , and lie just above the episternum , while the posterior or subalar sclerite is almost always single and lies behind the pleural wing process and above the epimeron . |
| 29 | The top part of the well section can not be seen from the entrance viewpoint as it lies behind the retaining wall and is covered by earth and vegetation . |
| 30 | Antagonism of senses also lies behind the so-called identity test for ambiguity . |