Sentence examples for lay a case of from inspiring English sources

Suspects in the case repeatedly mocked the years of inconclusive investigation; the pursuit of the case by Mr. Lawrence's parents, who were born in Jamaica; and the abortive private prosecution they brought against five members of the gang in 1994 when the police failed to lay a case of their own.

The blame lies with a case of prolixity.

Nearby lies a display case of ginger root and other traditional Chinese medicines.

But when it comes to forecasts of what lies ahead, it's a case of who do you believe.

This really is a case of lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Behind all these controversial cases lay a vast array of theologians who shared the views of their colleagues and waited for the tempest to pass.

But to me it sounds suspiciously like a case of lies, damn lies and statistics.

Herein, presumably, lies his appeal to Carrère: a case of fiction intruding into reality, as well as that peculiar sense of wasted days and hanging around with which Carrère, as a writer, could easily identify.

Maybe it wasn't a lie so much as a case of you being misinformed by someone on your team.

That tells you rather a lot more about what's lying behind that should than simply a case of lacking the self-discipline to eat less; it's suggesting you have major self-esteem issues in relation to not being able to love your body and being unwilling to nourish it with love.

He spoke to Andrew Neil about the claims in his book, being serialised in a newspaper, and offered to take a lie detector, and denied it was a case of sour grapes.