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Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.

A man came to lay the bedroom carpet.

And at least we'll have laid the groundwork.

Its public display and private possession laid the basis for temporal autonomy: people could now coordinate comings and goings without dictation from above.

reforms that laid the basis for the welfare state

Roman priorities lay in the organization, exploitation, and defense of their territory.

The key to the Greek world lay in its high-powered ships; the key to Roman power lay in its marching legions.

But this apparent play is laying the groundwork for the later math and language work.

While many other observers and thinkers had laid the groundwork for science, Thales (circa 624 B.C.E-ca 547 B.C.E.), the best known of the earliest Greek philosophers, made the first steps toward a new, more objective approach to finding out about the world.

The organizers meet in March to lay plans.

Well, he'd lay out the general outline, the theme and then give each of these star performers, one by one, the creative freedom to really show what they could do with it on their own instrument, to improvise and add something new, but always within the same general theme.

She laid the baby in her cot.

Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor.

Just as he first lays eyes on the beautiful young woman, and immediately falls in love.

The city of Teotihuacán, which lay about 50 kilometers northeast of modern-day Mexico City, began its growth by 200-100 B.C.

Much of the potential for European economic development lay in what at first glance would seem to have been only sleepy villages.

Redistribution of these goods through society lay in the hands of chiefs, religious leaders, or kin groups.

My canary has laid an egg.

But it lays its eggs in shallow depressions in the sand with very little protection around them.

So they are not going to put on their best performance just after they laid their eggs because they haven’t invested that much more time and energy in parenting yet.

As we've discussed, birds are apparently descendants of dinosaurs and shared many commonalities with some dinosaur species, like…um…feathers and maybe even flight and of course egg laid.

At one time, these were thought to represent embryonic animals, suggesting that this small dinosaur gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.

They may have had relatively low reproductive rates; apparently, they usually laid only one egg at a time.

The hens stopped laying in winter.

Well, sometimes flowers provide shelter for insects, a place to lay eggs for instance.

Another factor is albatross lay only one egg at a time.

The scene is laid in London.

Traditional wool fabric requires regular brushing to lay the nap down in one direction.

The airline could lay a penalty on your travel agent.

I lay you five to one on Prince.

In Impressionism the paint was laid on the canvas in dabs.

Making a profit from laying horses to lose is no easier or harder than backing horses to win.

The captain ordered the crew to lay aft.

He often lays in bed all the morning.