Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] lay [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 On 9 November a Moscow circular from Secretary V. Molotov himself forbade somewhat belatedly the imposition of any local taxes not laid down in the list issued by VTsIK .
2 The second will aim to cover the implementation of distributed object management , following specs already laid out by the Object Management Group .
3 The second will aim to cover the implementation of distributed object management , following specs already laid out by the Object Management Group .
4 Ministers have already decided that they will have to give cable operators a free choice on the technology they use , provided it meets the basic requirements already laid down by the DoI and endorsed last month by the Eden Committee .
5 Why , then , were only half-a-dozen of these new towns properly laid out on a predetermined plan , and the vast majority left to grow haphazard with narrow , irregular , winding streets , odd little lanes everywhere , and all the other attributes of the picturesque today ?
6 But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know .
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