Sentence examples for lay at a from inspiring English sources

The Ettes carried teddy bears and bouquets of flowers in plastic wrap, supplied by the family center, to lay at a memorial area on the site.

The wreck, which lay at a depth of about nine metres, was one of a dozen that the club has discovered since its founding, nearly fifty years ago.

The severity of the winter came as a terrible shock; no Europeans since the Vikings had wintered that far north on the American continent, and a mild winter was expected because Quebec lay at a lower latitude than Paris.

Where the uplifted surface lay at a low elevation for a very long time and was covered by resistant sedimentary rock, the flatness of the plateau can be particularly marked.

Industrial egg-laying hens have been bred to produce more and faster, laying about 320 eggs over a life span of about 72 weeks, compared with a productive life of around four years in more traditional breeds that lay at a fraction of the rate.

Though a geologic panel had predicted that the tunnel here would be in solid bedrock far below the bottom of the valley fill, subsequent investigation showed that bedrock lay at a depth of 940 feet, so that at 590 feet the tunnel tapped the Kander River, allowing it and soil of the valley fill to pour into the tunnel, creating a huge depression, or sink, at the surface.

All right-sided catheters lay at an angle <30°.

However, 38% (14/37) of left-sided catheters had not crossed the midline, and 59% (22/37) lay at an angle >30° to the vertical.

The profession itself lies at a tricky boundary.

Shanghai lies at a latitude similar to Atlanta's and has a similar climate.

The region, which lies at a cultural and geopolitical crossroads, is a study in contradictions.