Example sentences of "[adj] lie in [art] " in BNC.

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1 And that that lies in the problem , because it 's so rare now doctors have a great difficulty in diagnosing it .
2 The reason for this lies in a theory called secondary reinforcement which says that the praise will become associated with the more powerful extra reward and take on some of the strong reinforcing properties of that reward .
3 This lies in the northern part of the Empire and beyond it is Ostland , the northernmost of the Empire 's provinces .
4 Respublica derives its authority from the continuous acknowledgement of citizens and this lies in the recognition of their general obligation to obey law rather than in their response to specific precepts .
5 One crucial reason for this lies in the way only one element of Marxist work on the state is used by pluralist critics .
6 The reason for this lies in the fact that the physics depends neither on the states alone nor on the observables alone but upon their interrelation .
7 The reason for this lies in the limitations to which I have already referred .
8 Perhaps the key to this lies in the realm of culture itself .
9 The reason for this lies in the response of a polymer to an alternating stress .
10 This lies in the consideration that , in the beginning , they were externalized as the social conflict between the sons and the primal father .
11 My Lords , the short answer to this lies in the very extensive powers which Lord Chetwode [ the settlor ] had over the assets of the settlement and so over the share capital of Attleborough .
12 The unpaired 5'T(-1) lies in the major groove of the next duplex , where it makes a Hoogsteen base pair with A17 to form a T.A.T triple helical interaction .
13 The origins of this lay in a religion of local cults which later developed links with each other .
14 The reason for this lay in the nature of the work done by the Indians …
15 One was precious because it was a folio , and another because it was a duodecimo ; some because they were tall , some because they were short ; the merit of this lay in the title-page — of that in the arrangement of the letters in the word Finis .
16 The ecclesiastically most delicate application of this lay in the area of collegiality .
17 The irony of this lay in the fact that the Second Crusade was counter-productive in Outremer , embittered relations with Byzantium , and resulted in the deaths of enormous numbers of its participants , particularly those drawn from the non-aristocratic classes .
18 But much had to be done before any real progress could be made , and essentially this lay in the problem of land acquisition and assembly .
19 For many months virtually everywhere in the Soviet Union stocks in state shops of even basic foodstuffs such as bread had been growing increasingly erratic , although some of the blame for this lay in the withholding of deliveries to the state supply network by farms and local authorities , in anticipation of prices rising or to meet local needs [ for indications of breakdown in the distribution system in May see p. 37538 ] .
20 In the winter of 1945 – 46 , however , all this lay in the future .
21 All the rabbits had heard the story before : on winter nights , when the cold draught moved down the warren passages and the icy wet lay in the pits of the runs below their burrows ; and on summer evenings , in the grass under the red may and the sweet , carrion-scented elder bloom .
22 I take the reasons for this to lie in the heroic myth shared by doctors and public .
23 The motivation behind the Criminal Justice Act 1972 lay in the desire of Ministers to be seen to be taking action in the field of criminal justice without any ideologically dominant objectives to fuel the legislation .
24 . We believe that for a structure plan to go forward now in the present state of policy guidance , bearing in mind that 's on the basis of P P G twelve and with P P G thirteen lying in the wings .
25 ‘ Who 's that lying on the runway Who 's that lying in the snow It 's Matt Busby and his boys Making such a f***in noise cause they ca n't get the aeroplane to go ’
26 These lie in the surrounding tissues .
27 These lie in the soil — entangled in grass roots , beneath fallen leaves , under snow , or covered by sand — in vast quantities .
28 It is from the mind energy patterns , the personal associations , actions , desires and so on , which all lie in the mind , that the next life of a soul is determined .
29 So one day , very hot and insecty , with a faint breeze coming in off the sea , we were all lying in the grass on the flat area just to the south of the house .
30 Taxes on clerical livings , sizeable profits from granting indulgences and the taking of income from benefices when they were vacant — all lay in the future as the mainstay of papal finances .
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