Example sentences of "[noun] lie at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gallery , now converted into the main building lies at the south end of the complex . |
| 2 | Germany lies at the heart of Europe and thus epitomises it . |
| 3 | Policy co-ordination lies at the root of Japan 's financial troubles |
| 4 | The job description lies at the heart of good recruitment and selection practice . |
| 5 | Moreover , the main cloud base lies at an altitude of about 48 km , which by Earth standards is a very high cloud base . |
| 6 | If you look through all the short stories you know , I think you 'll find that the element of change lies at the bottom of each , like an insistent ground bass . |
| 7 | A nice example of sophisticated linguistic play lies at the heart of Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue : a tale in which a beautiful young woman , locked away in a tower by her jealous father , one day desires to buy a bird ( a crane ) from a young man passing by , and is told it will cost a foutre , a " fuck " . |
| 8 | The assimilation of moderate levels of complexity into higher levels of orderliness lies at the heart of Smith 's aesthetic , in which excitement is generated by complexity whilst delight results from the apprehension of an overriding sense of order . |
| 9 | We may even suggest that the theory of contracts presents an ideal terrain for an examination of these fundamental issues of political philosophy , for the law of contract lies at the intersection of the market and the state , using the coercive power of the latter to reinforce the discipline of the former . |
| 10 | The systematic blurring of the lines between information , entertainment , and promotion of products lies at the heart of this practice . |
| 11 | A simple power struggle lies at the core , one which Mr Yeltsin has three months to resolve . |
| 12 | To find it , simply follow a line from Beta through Epsilon ; Omega lies at an equal distance on the far side of Epsilon . |
| 13 | Lido di Camaiore lies at the northern end of Viareggio , next to Marina di Pietrasanta , in the most fashionable part of the Tuscan coast . |
| 14 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 15 | The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems . |
| 16 | This duty which every partner owes to each of his co-partners lies at the very heart of the partnership relationship . |
| 17 | This dilemma lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing every society as the 20th century draws to a close . ’ |
| 18 | The issue is whether a civil action for defamation lies at the suit of a corporate public authority . |
| 19 | He saw the pig 's bladder lying at the boy 's feet , very similar to the one he had seen two children playing with on Holborn thoroughfare . |
| 20 | Wealth generation and the creation of employment opportunities lie at the very heart of economic development . |
| 21 | The port of Ventspils lay at the end of a pipeline which brought Siberian oil for export , providing one-third of Soviet hard-currency income . |
| 22 | Leicestershire lay at the very heart of open-field England . |
| 23 | TWO illusions lay at the heart of Iran-contra . |
| 24 | By sheer coincidence Kappa Crucis lies at the edge of the dark nebula known as the Coal Sack . |
| 25 | Both focused on minority rights within Yugoslavia , and I entirely agree that that issue lies at the core of the problem within the country . |
| 26 | Ours is a democratic country , in which democratic accountability lies at the heart of the relationship between the citizen and the state . |
| 27 | That disparity lies at the heart of our opposition to a property tax . |
| 28 | Since for many men sexual capacity lies at the root of self-esteem , the chances are high that he will try to find another woman to reassure him . |
| 29 | In most cases the ileoanal anastomosis lies at the top of the anal columns and hence the anal transition zone is retained ; however , in patients with polyposis we usually perform a mucosectomy and a sutured anastomosis at the denate line . |
| 30 | After studying the detailed entries in the parish registers of a group of farming settlements in the Vale of York from 1777 onwards , Dr B. A. Holderness has concluded that , ‘ The picture which emerges is of village communities refreshed by an influx from similar settlements lying at a comparatively short distance away . ’ |