Example sentences of "is [vb pp] to lie [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , and the growing trend in American society to express displeasure more vociferously and outspokenly than in the past , is said to lie at the root of recent player-directed violence ( ibid.:204–5 ) . |
| 2 | Inasmuch as the media does reproduce such accounts it sustains the status quo , since ‘ the problem ’ is said to lie within the individual and not wider social processes , implying that a solution comes through changes in the individual rather than in society . |
| 3 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 4 | The remedy for pretty much all of the above , and for much else besides , is seen to lie in the introduction of proportional representation for all national and local elections . |
| 5 | The answer is thought to lie in the development of the domestic dog . |
| 6 | It is clear that ultimate liability is envisaged to lie with the producer , own brander or importer , irrespective of whether they are insolvent , that is , " whether still in existence or not " ( s2(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 7 | If instead the traveller goes along the y axis to Libreville , Quito is found to lie in the x direction . |
| 8 | The north gate is presumed to lie at the point where modern Northgate Street cuts the line of the wall ; a Roman street underlying the modern one here would seem to confirm the correctness of this assumption . |