Example sentences of "lies with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem lies with the proprietary MV Eclipse line , which last year still accounted for some 65% of revenues . |
| 2 | a great share of the blame for military clashes lies with the tsarist voevody who organized campaigns deep into [ native ] lands to set up strong points , to search out new ‘ lands ’ and to return ‘ traitors and unruly elements ’ to subjection . |
| 3 | According to Hughes and McCormick ( 1985 , 1987 ) , the key to the problem lies with the limited mobility of manual workers . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Executive power lies with the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly , which also elects in December for the succeeding year two Federal Council members to be President and Vice-President ( head and deputy head of state , currently Arnold Koller and Flavio Cotti respectively ) . |
| 6 | Executive power lies with the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) of seven members elected by the Federal Assembly , which also elects , each December for the succeeding year , two Federal Council members to be President and Vice-President ( head and deputy head of state ) . |
| 7 | Overall responsibility to the Academic Board and the Director for the health of the Course lies with the appointed Dean , who heads a small central team consisting of the Assistant Dean , Modular Course Co-ordinator and eleven senior tutors . |
| 8 | Under conditions of a clear parliamentary majority , the choice of when to hold an election lies with the Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Responsibility for protecting the environment and for limiting damage already inflicted , lies with the entire human community . |
| 10 | On Bosnia-Hercegovina they declared that " the primary responsibility for the conflict , and its brutality , lies with the present leadership of Serbia and of the Bosnian Serbs " ; in particular they were " appalled by the systematic detention and rape of Moslem women " [ see also p. 39240 ] . |
| 11 | The solution lies with the front row players and perhaps firmer refereeing of this area with the law of repeated infringement being implemented . |
| 12 | Robson Rhodes ' national head of audit , Bill Smith , believes that the fault lies with the professional bodies , as much as with the larger firms . |
| 13 | Part of the reason for this lies with the decentralised nature of the party membership records but it has also been conventional political wisdom that Conservative party members play an insignificant role in the determination of the party 's policies . |
| 14 | The answer lies with the drunken roues of the 17th Century . |
| 15 | people know that the real power in a newspaper lies with the editorial staff . |
| 16 | Under the terms of the Children Act , however , responsibility for helping these children now lies with the social services child care team . |
| 17 | If , as I suspect , Nicaragua faces serious economic problems , I would assume that part of the blame lies with the previous Nicaraguan government and that Chamorro may be faced with tough decisions needed to ensure that the ‘ empty stomachs ’ of the people are filled . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | According to Brazilian law the responsibility for controlling the sale and the use of mercury lies with the national institute for the environment , IBAMA and in theory these controls are very strict , all importers and dealers are supposed to be registered , and the use of mercury in any process and in whatever quantity , how ever small , requires an official permit . |
| 20 | The Ministry of Agriculture has overall responsibility , but operational control lies with the National Rivers Authority and district councils . |
| 21 | Cyclotron resonance by my theory only occurs if the hazardous frequency range lies with the exciting field . |
| 22 | Ultimate responsibility for admissions lies with the Modular Course Co-ordinator , an academic working essentially full-time in a management role but retaining some involvement in teaching . |
| 23 | There has to be some trade-off between the benefits of open access and the value of integrated programmes , and I think the balance of advantage lies with the integrative approach . |
| 24 | Part of the responsibility for this lies with the innate friendliness and courtesy of the peoples of Burma , and behind that the long record of the Buddhist tradition . |
| 25 | Accountability in committee meetings lies with the whole membership and not with particular individuals . |
| 26 | But the NRA insist that the responsibility lies with the local Cheshire County Council . |