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Free sign upThe phrase "must lie in" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something is essential or necessary to be contained within a certain range or area. Example: The solution to the problem must lie in finding a compromise between the two conflicting parties.
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It must lie in what comes out.
Some of those Africans must lie in Flowerdew's fields.
But the key must lie in smart regulation.
The lever must lie in one's hand and get warm.
The causes of the difference in their behavior must lie in the rats themselves.
Surely, part of the explanation must lie in the nature of the perceptual process itself.
But the hope must lie in natural resources food, wood, granite and their processing.
Massagué inferred that those few survivors must lie in a state of dormancy.
Voters have made their bed; for the next five years they must lie in it.
They've made their bed with him, and now they must lie in it.
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This fact, together with pit symmetry, suggests that the dislocation line must lie in the twin boundary.
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