Sentence examples for lay on the surface from inspiring English sources

The present hypotheses surrounding this is that migraines occur when nerves in the brain send messages (signals) to the blood vessels to dilate, in particular, the ones that lay on the surface of our brains.

The tools lay on the surface; the flakes were found three feet below them in tuff (volcanic rock) datable to about 2,600,000 years ago.

Here in Deh Wairan, they hired a government soldier to clear those that lay on the surface, giving him about 15 pounds of wheat for each bomb he blew up.

Clothes and what looked like a human bone lay on the surface.

The ink mainly lay on the surface of each sheet, with minimal noticeable penetration into the papyrus.

On the flip side, a small diameter welding rod on thick steel plate may not start the arc and, if you do, the weld will not fuse to the steel but simply lay on the surface of the steel plate.

It lies on the surface of the protein, is solvent-accessible and is situated at one end of a distinct pocket which is 14 Å long and 10 Å wide.

The color then lies on the surface of the paper, forming a continuous layer, or coating.

Through every point of a quadric pass two straight lines lying on the surface.

The innermost layer, the pia mater, is a thin and delicate membrane that lies on the surface of the brain.

A flight suit -- believed to be Commander Speicher's -- was found lying on the surface of the desert.