Sentence examples for but to lay from inspiring English sources

But to lay the entire blame on Mr. Reid is unfair, that person added.

And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.

The jury under today's formula sits as a censor with broad powers—not to impose a prior restraint, but to lay heavy damages on the press.

Facing a $31 million budget deficit, officials said they had little choice but to lay off the officers, bringing the force down to 696.

It is, of course, a shame not to make the top four, but to lay any of the blame for that at Sherwood's door is unfair.

The idea, Mr. Mack said, was not to set up a formal government in exile but to "lay the building blocks for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq".

Admittedly, the complexity means that there are too many ifs, ands and buts to lay out all the permutations here.

Those who couldn't flee felt they had no choice but to lie still and play dead among the bodies.

But to lie about reading Walt Whitman (ooh-la-la) with the interns, that truly we can never tolerate!

The best way to experience "Skymap" is not to stand or to sit, but to lie down, as many in the audience did.

He said he had had no choice but to lie, just as he had no choice but to work in the program.