Example sentences of "[noun sg] lie [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar area rich in both environmental and archaeological heritage lies over the Guatemalan frontier . |
| 2 | That 's the theory … here 's the practical … first the course … they 've mapped out the 26 miles … the beauty of the route lies in the cobbled squares of ancient towns like Bhaktapur … the beast is the city … traffic and smoke is a major problem … the other unknown factor is altitude … |
| 3 | The gallery , now converted into the main building lies at the south end of the complex . |
| 4 | But the tenderest difficulty lies with the family if they disapprove . |
| 5 | Apart from the well known problem of casual interferences from non-experimental data , another important , less well known difficulty lies with the complex hierarchical structure of many social systems . |
| 6 | To many economists the cause of the difficulty lies in an institution , central planning , which can not achieve balanced growth and innovation in a mature , sophisticated economy no matter how well it is managed . |
| 7 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 8 | The difficulty lies in the machinery for reporting incidents . |
| 9 | The chief cause of difficulty lies in the fact that confessions are typically obtained from reluctant suspects by officers who , on their part , believe in the suspects ' guilt . |
| 10 | Part of the difficulty lies in the developments which have taken place in the ordinary common law of judicial review . |
| 11 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the governmental authorities , however highly principled and dedicated to the welfare of the citizenry , are essentially a vested interest running an organization which , to a greater or lesser degree , is designed to preserve and promote the continuing control of those same authorities . |
| 12 | A second difficulty lies in the uncertainty in our knowledge of the topography of Venus ; the precision is only ± 1500 m which leads to an uncertainty of 10 µs in timing . |
| 13 | The real difficulty lies in the fact that CD-ROM can only process one type of data at a time . |
| 14 | So , with it at the front the board lies on the water flat , and with it back the tail digs in . |
| 15 | The manner in which the board lies in the water . |
| 16 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 17 | Perhaps the best hope for progress lies in the many examples of good practice that already exist and which the Act simply reflects and builds on . |
| 18 | The pathos lies in the characteristic early English understatement — ‘ so seldom ’ means ‘ never ’ or worse still ‘ just this once ’ — and also in the last phrase 's suspense between precision and vagueness . |
| 19 | In Libya , our most prospective acreage lies within the remote Murzuk Basin . |
| 20 | The power of Chaos lies in the far north of the Warhammer World far beyond the borders of the Empire . |
| 21 | The Glenmore Forest Park lies around the shores of the lovely Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms . |
| 22 | The latter is one of the characteristic features at Water Newton , where the most complicated street system known in this category lies within a walled area enclosing 18 ha ( 44 acres ) ; it should not be forgotten , though , that extensive ribbon developments also existed to north and south along Ermine Street ( see figs. 18 and 20 ) . |
| 23 | Discrimination against women is still , of course , to be found in law , and it is codified in other institutional practices determining sex-differentiated rights and opportunities ; but a more fundamental source of discrimination lies in the realm of social attitudes and beliefs . |
| 24 | His black hair lies in a hundred casual curls . |
| 25 | The contrast between work experience schemes and informal work experience lies in the fact that the latter is taken by employers as evidence of initiative , an interest in earning money and the ability to sustain regular work discipline ( getting up early , etc . ) . |
| 26 | But Lee Bridges of the Public Law Project points out that judicial reviews have so far effectively assumed that , even if services are provided by an independent agent , ultimate responsibility lies with the public body holding basis statutory responsibility . |
| 27 | Ultimately the responsibility lies with the board , as the most experienced businessmen in the company and also , particularly , as those who look at the corporation as a whole . |
| 28 | But the NRA insist that the responsibility lies with the local Cheshire County Council . |
| 29 | ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price . |
| 30 | Tutor Viv Shelley will look at whether manufacturing industries are living up to the green images they promote , the adequacy of monitoring processes and ask what responsibility lies with the public . |