Madame occasionally spoke mildly to it, but her interests clearly lay elsewhere.

The data lay clearly in her mind, facts which she could not obliterate by turning away from them.

But the charm for the writer clearly lay in what was not there.

But sober and scientific as he undoubtedly was, at the back of his mind clearly lay another question.

This was one case, however, where the fault clearly lay not with the dogs, but their master.

The report clearly lays out a scientific consensus position on the historic temperature record.

"This clearly lays to rest fears about a double-dip recession."

The baby's best interests clearly lay with the Sterns.

It clearly lays down the right to full freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

The problem clearly lay in the insufficient availability of manpower.