Example sentences of "[verb] to lay down " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 2 | Now it is true that if any government tried to lay down exactly what should be taught in universities and polytechnics there would be a great outcry , quite properly . |
| 3 | The settlers complained that the trust tried to lay down too many rules about what crops to grow and when to grow them . |
| 4 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 5 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 6 | ‘ One has to lay down some ground rules for any work of art . |
| 7 | It would be inadvisable to try to lay down too specific a strategy , because of the immense variety of English language knowledge and experience within the group loosely categorised as bilingual children . |
| 8 | He seemed to lay down rules and regulations . |
| 9 | It is a sad loss to this House that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should have decided to lay down the burden of representing the electors of Warley , West . |
| 10 | Sfeir threatened — for the second time in a month — to excommunicate those refusing to lay down their arms . |
| 11 | In terms of the law , the Secretary of State is empowered to lay down all aspects of the curriculum , except for the time devoted to each subject and the style in which it shall be taught . |
| 12 | Note the crepe paper tape which can be used to lay down lines of various widths . |
| 13 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — Colombia 's M-19 guerrillas have agreed to lay down their arms and form a political party , taking two steps envisaged by a peace accord signed with the government . |
| 14 | I am not attempting to lay down the law , but simply wish to voice my opinion that ethics should be the first guideline of those dealing with public resources . |
| 15 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 16 | They were beginning to lay down a sound that would later become synonymous with The Wedding Present , but it missed the energy of what would come later . |
| 17 | ‘ You may suspect that judges share the common human failing of wanting to tell other people what they ought to do to lay down the law . |
| 18 | According to Devlin , society may wish to lay down moral standards for its citizens , and it may wish to use the criminal law to enforce those standards . |
| 19 | Lamont may attempt to lay down an encouraging market for the industry . |
| 20 | But even though they guaranteed to provide every customer who had allowed three quarters of an hour er for a meal , you know , you would have to lay down in very great deal would n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ Ana will be easier but with Mitch arriving every other weekend you may have to lay down the law a little . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah I just swore at my father did well I said getting up at six o'clock in the morning every day and then go to work till six at night cos during the day I get tired so I use to lay down on his bunk then he 'd lift his little hat a way up and he 'd say er bloody fire 's out . |
| 23 | They first of all say they want local government to be more responsible , to be more trusted , to have more freedom , I then give them that freedom and then they complain that I 'm not telling local government what to do and I do n't intend to lay down every detail of what they should do . |
| 24 | At one stage , residents offered to lay down the sleeping policemen themselves , but the request was turned down . |
| 25 | If the Victorian era was over , the example set by Queen Victoria during her long reign was still fresh in the mind , and all women who had the right amount of sense and spirit knew that attack was the best form of defence when dealing with men who liked to lay down the law . |
| 26 | Jenna looked back at him , her lip caught between her teeth , and he frowned down on her , preparing to lay down the law severely by the look of him . |
| 27 | RPR leader Chirac also had to contend with an unprecedented growth of new " currents " within the Gaullist movement and on July 11 , 1991 , was forced to lay down a code of good conduct to guide them . |
| 28 | It would be premature , and indeed impertinent , if we were to attempt to lay down in any detail the lines of a perfect " School " of English . |
| 29 | Stalin sought to lay down criteria for the identification of a ‘ nation ’ ( the entity which possessed the right of national self-determination ) as a means , a moral theory , to separate authentic and spurious claims . |
| 30 | A bill was introduced on Sept. 20 in the US Senate which sought to lay down guidelines for US policy on Hong Kong up to and after 1997 . |