lay the groundwork
lay the groundwork for something

But the Americans are now laying the ground for change.

In my view, it is important that we can lay the ground for having more nuclear power plants.

The students are talented in many ways, which laid the ground for the development of gifted education.

She laid the ground rules, and he anxiously agreed to them.

Call a staff meeting to lay the ground rules.

They speed up the exit and do not lay the ground for the early return of flight capital.

"That's extremely important when you're laying the ground for innovative programs."

This helped lay the ground for the parity law, which many see as a way to breathe new life into government.

They were overwhelmed with his generosity as he laid the ground for more churches.

Now she's laying the ground rules for this living room tête-à-tête.

The show attracted over 300 visitors and laid the ground for future working relationships between the artists involved.

After major successes in the Pennsylvania region, the company laid the ground work to expand.

It would be too obvious, Sarge said when he laid the ground rules.

The band started embracing a more complex approach that would lay the grounds for their later style.

So companies laying the ground work here are in a position to enter this space with fully formed offerings.

I was laying the ground work, you might say."

The book lays the ground for upcoming Diablo games and novels.

In sociology he laid the ground for communication theory.

Laying the ground for a wholesome competition with major international news agencies and corporations.

Has the agency been done in by its own efficiency, having so successfully laid the ground for protection that there is not much new demand?

The experience gained in this type of repair laid the ground for several other such cars being returned to revenue service.

However, fundamentals in visual thinking lay the ground work for many design disciplines such as art and architecture.

The Survey laid the ground for building the Indian railway and road system.

Firefox 12 introduced few new features, but it made many changes and laid the ground work for future releases.

This eased the pressure on exporters, and laid the ground for a gradual economic recovery.