Example sentences of "lies at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is possible to believe that the idea of ventriloquism which lies at the heart of it may be successfully applied both to some sorts of contemporary author and to some of what went before . |
| 2 | This book shows something of what has emerged out of religious interpretations of death , not as a history of death but as an indication of what lies at the root of the major religious traditions , lending to each its characteristic style . |
| 3 | Orpiere , reached by turning west off the N75 Grenoble road about 25km north of Sisteron , is a little village which lies at the foot of a cirque of crags . |
| 4 | It is this contract , which Mr Morton inherited when he joined Eurotunnel , that lies at the heart of present difficulties . |
| 5 | But with stunning clarity they demonstrate again how the great reformer has unleashed forces which he and his country no longer control , and which now are playing on the German Question itself , the issue which lies at the very heart of today 's European order . |
| 6 | But before you go that way — real joy lies at the end of each bus trip to the east -it is compulsory , or so you might think , to visit Þingvellir . |
| 7 | Chauvinism , local and national , lies at the heart of hooliganism and England fans seem to find in foreigners a convenient target fur a vague resentment at Britain 's diminished place in the world . |
| 8 | The most prolific refining and distribution areas is Ribat , which lies at the crossroads of three countries — Afghanistan , Pakistan and Iran . |
| 9 | The Market Square , which lies at the junction of the two main streets , contains the Butter Cross , a medieval meeting place which has a steeply gabled roof surmounted by a clock turret from 1683 . |
| 10 | Policy co-ordination lies at the root of Japan 's financial troubles |
| 11 | Valuation lies at the heart of all takeovers , however they are financed . |
| 12 | The Council 's thirteenth-century oath , ‘ You will in all things to be moved , treated and debated in Council , faithfully declare your Mind and Opinion , according to your Heart and Conscience ; and will keep secret all Matters committed and revealed unto you , ’ lies at the heart of the British culture of official secrecy , and the enigma of monarchy remains the secret from which all other secrets flow . |
| 13 | Enthusiastic supporters claimed that the movement gave to ‘ the Free Churches a unity they have never had before ’ although this same observer recognized that it was ‘ the Establishment that lies at the foundation of our contention ’ . |
| 14 | A simple power struggle lies at the core , one which Mr Yeltsin has three months to resolve . |
| 15 | He believes quite simply that unemployment lies at the root of the problem . |
| 16 | I suspect that if we were to take a sensate tension structure such as the love-hate paradox that lies at the heart of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet theme , we would be able to transpose it into different forms each appropriate to a particular culture , and , provided we had the necessary skill of course , we would be able to do this for all cultures in the world . |
| 17 | It lies at the heart of our philosophy . |
| 18 | The creation of a modernised democracy therefore lies at the heart of all our proposals . |
| 19 | It lies at the mouth of the Kaprun valley , to the south west of Salzburg , and together with Zell am See , it forms part of the ‘ Europa Sport Region ’ . |
| 20 | Indeed the positing of such a relationship lies at the root of moral judgement . |
| 21 | Germany lies at the heart of Europe and thus epitomises it . |
| 22 | The oldest part of the farm lies at the rear of the farmhouse and is not easily seen from the road . |
| 23 | The gallery , now converted into the main building lies at the south end of the complex . |
| 24 | Negation — the refusal of the administrative rationality of the bourgeois Enlightenment — lies at the heart of Adorno 's project , and at the heart of the whole notion of critique and critical theory . |
| 25 | Stocked with a Loch Leven strain of brown trout , this excellent game fishery lies at the heart of one of Scotland 's most important nature reserves . |
| 26 | Consent , which lies at the root of self-determination , should be the conceptual mechanism whereby the right is guaranteed and safeguarded . |
| 27 | The job description lies at the heart of good recruitment and selection practice . |
| 28 | In the course of his enquiry Kerrigan meets the victim 's American partner , Ingrid Jessner ( Frances McDormand ) and their complex relationship lies at the heart of the film . |
| 29 | Tin , as in so many Cornish tales of wealth and exploitation , lies at the roots of the Robartes family fortunes . |
| 30 | Carnlough , which translated from the Gaelic means ‘ Cairn of the Lake ’ , lies at the foot of Glencloy , one of the Nine Glens of Antrim , overlooking the Sea of Moyle . |