Sentence examples for effect lay from inspiring English sources

Its marvelous effect lay altogether in its artistic arrangement as a picture.

The key to this effect lay in spontaneous, broken, skipping brushwork — preferably registered in paint applied in front of the subject, en plein air.

Not so' for MAMEE, with twice the number of votes received by the runner-up ('What may be squeezed to good effect lay within fruit' for MELODEON).

The dominant effect lay in the choice of standards-based guidance for calculating the hot spot stress – causing variations as high as 38%.

Its greatest effect lay in the sadistic gloating over the ageing of the actors, whose faces and bodies were showing the effects of the passing of time, which female film stars are not allowed to do.

Does that, in effect, lay out both the challenges and opportunities that Campus faces going forward?

The effect lies somewhere between shantytown and Club Mediterranee.

The root of the effect lies in the weak force between quarks, the particles that make up K-mesons.

The reason for this effect lies in the fact that partners react much more strongly to negative experiences than strangers.

Their effect lies in a combination of location and language — their position at the heart of the entertainment industry, combined with the "Your".

Or: They spoke up strongly and defiantly with full knowledge that they were, in effect, lying — that's the worse interpretation of their actions.