Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] in their " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Until then much of the usefulness of these accessories lies in their exploitation of an underused resource rather than a dramatic step forward . |
| 2 | The main attraction of pluralist approaches to the study of political phenomena lies in their catholicism . |
| 3 | The challenge to the ‘ … purist aesthetics of modernism ’ issued by these contemporary women artists lies in their willingness to use paint to reference the interplay between emotional , intellectual , cultural and social facets of lived reality . |
| 4 | Emotivism claims that the distinctive meaning of ethical words lies in their power ( in virtue of our early linguistic conditioning ) to stimulate emotions and attitudes in a hearer , and vent them on the part of the speaker . |
| 5 | Offshore funds are also sometimes used as vehicles for investment in equities and currencies , but their greatest interest for most UK resident individuals and companies lies in their use as flexible , sterling , cash-based investments . |
| 6 | In practice , counts no doubt often had local boni homines in their pockets . |
| 7 | Although many cases of sexual assault also involve significant physical violation , this is not always so , and the essence of many sexual assaults lies in their destruction of the freedom of choice in the most intimate area of personality , and in psychological damage . |
| 8 | Although there have been many useful publications in the field of special educational needs during the last decade , the distinguishing feature of the present series of volumes lies in their concern with specific areas of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools . |
| 9 | The Black Report , for example , showed that the main explanation for the higher accident rate among children of manual families lies in their residential environment : overcrowding in the house , lack of safe playing facilities in the vicinity of the house and a consequent tendency to play in the streets . |
| 10 | If the continuity of real things consists in their actual perception by God , in what does their publicity ( to us , and also to God ) consist ? |
| 11 | So keen is Berkeley on the idea that the existence of real objects consists in their actually being perceived , that he appears to explain their continuity , not by a readiness on God 's part to excite ideas in us , but rather by God 's own continued perception . |
| 12 | The clue to the identity of the conception of the market and the corresponding theory of distributive justice implicit in choice theories lies in their concept of voluntariness . |
| 13 | The problem with such agreements lies in their enforceability , or lack of it , against successors in title . |
| 14 | In his book on the African media , Dennis Wilcox remarks critically that the difficulty with this ‘ typical attitude ’ on the part of African leaders lies in their being ‘ both judge and jury of what was in the national interest ’ . |
| 15 | For most women , the most powerful source of their tears lies in their relationship with men , and particularly their experiences of being abandoned . |
| 16 | However , the most direct influence of county councils over housing and the social composition of villages occurs in their policies for restricting the growth of some settlements in favour of ‘ key villages ’ . |