Sentence examples for otherwise lay from inspiring English sources

These tasks activate parts of the mind, intellect, social and emotional being that may otherwise lay dormant and unexpressed.

BRAC provided support to slum dwellers so they could access, with reduced exploitation, the resources of the city (including sophisticated health care) that otherwise lay beyond their reach.

Microbes react to harsh conditions in the Berkeley Pit by switching on genes that otherwise lay dormant or by evolving through mutation and natural selection, Mr. Stierle said.

Yes, the good folks over at ZuneBoards have hacked the Zune HD to pieces, giving homebrew developers full access to the hardware, access that otherwise lay behind the XNA development kit.

It gives voice, words and expression to an inner world that may otherwise lay dormant without the tools to access and express it.

Place stained paper in front of an open, meshed window to dry quickly, if possible; otherwise, lay it on a flat surface.

Chinese tourists flock to Hainan during national holidays, but its resorts otherwise lie quiet for much of the year.

What they have in common is a desire to tap into the resources that in many communities otherwise lie dormant.

'It mines the seams of academic gold which otherwise lie buried in the piles of www rubble churned out by general search engines.

Locals, too, would board at each port of call since easyCruise offered them a way to visit nearby islands that might otherwise lie beyond their budgets.

Section 28.33’s authorization for the clerk of court to invest the interpleader funds, like the Washington Supreme Court’s IOLTA scheme, was a state-created opportunity to generate interest on monies that would otherwise lie fallow.