(n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
Example Sentences:
(1) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
(2) Along the spectrum of loyalties lie multiple loyalties and ambiguous loyalties, and the latter, if unresolved, create moral ambiguities.
(3) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
(4) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
(5) They are just literally lying.” In August Microsoft severed its ties, saying Alec’s stance on climate change and several other issues “conflicted directly with Microsoft’s values”.
(6) The bundles may lie parallel to the plasma membrane and to the long axis of the cell.
(7) The greatest advantages of spinal QCT for noninvasive bone mineral measurement lie in the high precision of the technique, the high sensitivity of the vertebral trabecular measurement site, and the potential for widespread application.
(8) The value of benefit-risk, benefit-cost, and cost-effectiveness analyses lies not in providing the definitive basis for a decision on vaccine use or evaluation.
(9) So I am, of course, intrigued about the city’s newest tourist attraction: a hangover bar, open at weekends, in which sufferers can come in and have a bit of a lie down in soothingly subdued lighting, while sipping vitamin-enriched smoothies.
(10) The C-terminal sequence contains an amphiphilic alpha-helix of four turns which lies on the surface of the beta-barrel.
(11) The lies Trump told this week: from murder rates to climate change Read more “President Obama has commuted the sentences of record numbers of high-level drug traffickers.
(12) Hamish Kale Floating sauna near Uppsala, Sweden Just outside Uppsala, around one hour north of Stockholm, lies the picturesque outdoor adventure area of Fjällnora.
(13) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
(14) This contrasts sharply with the reduction in both the frequency and surface area of sensory neuron active zones that accompanies long-term habituation, and suggests that modulation of active zone number and size may be an anatomical correlate that lies in the long-term domain.
(15) Police in Rockhampton have ordered residents to leave their homes as electricity is switched off in low-lying areas.
(16) The additional value of these methods, especially of the intensive monitoring, lies also in the possibility of compiling new knowledge about semiology and electro-clinical correlation of epileptic seizures, possible trigger mechanisms and long-term therapeutic effects.
(17) Here we present images of polydeoxyadenylate molecules aligned in parallel, with their bases lying flat on a surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and with their charged phosphodiester backbones protruding upwards.
(18) Day by day we strive to unmask all the lies told to citizens.
(19) When an exercise test is not performed, a resting radionuclide left ventricular ejection fraction is recommended, and coronary angiography is considered if the value lies between 0.20 and 0.44 (12% 1-year mortality).
(20) Pre and post infusion blood samples were drawn from a catheter lying at the lower inferior vena cava and analyzed for prostaglandin E and F, and progesterone.
Lieu
Definition:
(n.) Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.
Example Sentences:
(1) In lieu of crop rotation and biodiversity (the non-toxic way to control weeds), the MSU extension service promotes what the article calls a "diversified herbicide program".
(2) They can be used in lieu of, in addition to, or prior to more invasive measures.
(3) Lewis, who took over this month with a £1.25m basic salary and a £525,000 golden hello in lieu of his Unilever bonus, admitted the revelations had been “a body blow” and said outgoing chairman Sir Richard Broadbent had asked him to look at executive bonuses.
(4) The site, which had recorded fewer than 200 views by 2pm Tuesday, contains a link to a Paypal page set up by Zimmerman to raise money "in lieu of my forced inability to maintain employment".
(5) In the first, the delta-endotoxin gene was placed under the control of the polyhedrin gene promoter in lieu of the polyhedrin coding sequences, thus deriving a polyhedrin-negative virus.
(6) Casein hydrolysate in lieu of protein protects against overt diabetes, but only if introduced early.
(7) (1) A two day postcryosurgical infusion (intra-arterial) of 5-fluorouracil (1 gm per twenty-four hours, or less) in lieu of methotrexate, the systemic toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of which seem less predictable with cryosurgery.
(8) Has anyone ever actually managed to settle the bill in a restaurant by doing the washing up in lieu of payment?
(9) The continued glucose drain by the conceptus aids in converting the maternal liver to a ketogenic organ, and ketone bodies produced from incoming fatty acids are not only utilized by the mother but cross the placenta where they are utilized in several ways by the fetus: as a fuel in lieu of glucose; as an inhibitor of glucose and lactate oxidation with sparing of glucose for biosynthetic disposition; and for inhibition of branched-chain ketoacid oxidation, thereby maximizing formation of their parent amino acids.
(10) An end to the practice of incarcerating people in lieu of paying fines is among the measures that her family and supporters are demanding.
(11) Thus, administration of HIgG(mPEG)20 6 to 43 days prior to immunization with ha-HIgG resulted in an inhibition of anti-HIgG antibody formation of the order of 85-90%, in relation to the titres of mice receiving PBS in lieu of HIgG(mPEG)20; these results hold the promise that mPEG conjugates of XIg may prove therapeutically useful in man in relation to organ transplantation, localization of tumours by immuno-imaging and tumour destruction by immunotoxins.
(12) The innovative model of capitated acute and chronic care for nursing-home-eligible elderly persons, which was developed at On Lok in San Francisco's Chinatown and stresses using community care in lieu of institutional care, has been replicated at eight sites around the country.
(13) So here's what I believe they should play before NBA games either alongside, or in lieu of, the National Anthem.
(14) NMR spectroscopy showed fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from rabbit muscle accepts as substrates, in lieu of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, the oxoaldehydes methylglyoxal and phenylglyoxal but not hydroxymethylglyoxal.
(15) Infrapopliteal bypass can produce prolonged limb salvage in diabetic patients in lieu of primary amputation.
(16) He added that cannabis could effectively treat all of those symptoms in lieu of five separate drugs.
(17) The specificity of the staining was evaluated either by using the serum of non-immunized rabbits in lieu of anti-SP serum, or by pre-incubating the anti-SP serum with the antigen.
(18) While the AEC calls any sum of money given to a political party a donation, parties are able to classify amounts as “donation” or “other receipt” at their own discretion, where other receipt may refer to anything from financial returns from investments or payment for membership fees or event tickets in lieu of donations.
(19) I have tried them but don’t know what to do with them.” What matters is creating an environment that convinces, that allows the chemistry to be right: “Creating a world that feels as if they have been together for decades, choosing books for their shelves, deciding which mugs they are going to have, what their daily routine is.” In lieu of rehearsals, he spent three days in Paris with Rampling, mulling over her character.
(20) He is minded to accept in lieu and will release around 7.30am to the market.