1.   Mines are then laid to prevent the embankments from attack.

2.   Although the idea of children being taught about laying mines might seem repellent in western eyes, most Yugoslavs would say there was nothing strange or sinister about it.

3.   Aki Ra is an expert in laying mines and in their terrible effects.

4.   He also strongly criticized the rebels for laying the mines that killed the seven soldiers.

5.   He said the mine had been laid by Kosovar Albanians, almost certainly former members of the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army.

6.   In dry areas where mines are laid, it would be possible to moisten soil to improve detection.

7.   In some areas, multiple forces laid mines on the same land, making it especially difficult to find accurate maps of the explosives beneath the ground.

8.   It was not immediately clear who might have laid the mine, the officials said.

9.   Mines are usually laid by the thousands.

10.   Most were soldiers laying mines.