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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lay
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Fox is clearly laying the groundwork for peace talks to restart.
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They decided among themselves they needed to lay the groundwork .
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After laying the groundwork , he announced this initiative in a broadcast address from the Elysée Palace on 16 September 1959.
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The defense Monday seemed to lay the groundwork for an argument about damages.
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What he is doing is laying the groundwork for the decisive moment and preparing his getaway.
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Then the elite persuaded the newly elected mayor to appoint a committee to lay the groundwork for redevelopment.
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The project is intended to lay the groundwork for a subsequent full-scale study.
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Their task, simply put, was to lay the scientific groundwork for the manned landing missions that were then being planned.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lay the foundations/groundwork/base
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Because Save the Children want to lay the foundations for a better future.
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He laid the foundations by cutting one percent off interest rates, scrapping special car tax, and boosting the housing industry.
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He said he hoped they had laid the foundations for peace - but admitted obstacles could lie ahead.
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One of my officials chairs the experts committee that laid the groundwork for this achievement.
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Progress in primary schools has laid the foundations for the drive to raise standards in secondary schools, announced last month.
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The defense Monday seemed to lay the groundwork for an argument about damages.
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Then the elite persuaded the newly elected mayor to appoint a committee to lay the groundwork for redevelopment.
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Will took advantage of this opportunity to lay the groundwork for his epitaph.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The groundwork for next year's conference has already begun.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At this early stage the groundwork is also laid for an effective alliance between parents and professionals concerning treatment.
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By this stage, the groundwork necessary for manned missions has been accomplished.
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In short, we provide the groundwork , the teamwork and the network.
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It is a transitory work which lays the groundwork for themes and styles found in the theater sixty years later.
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It is vital that the United Nations should now act on that groundwork and drive the peacemaking process forward.
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Prosecution solicitors, Messrs Greene and Cowper, had done their groundwork well.
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The unprecedented federal proposal may have a better chance in a non-election year, building on the groundwork laid this year.