The phrase "a platform to lay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a foundation or basis for something, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The new initiative serves as a platform to lay the groundwork for future collaborations."
Alternatives: "a foundation to establish" or "a basis to create".
Halfpenny has the edge to start with but when you surround someone like Hogg with quality players – Scotland do not have the depth that he will obviously be enveloped in on a Lions trip – like Roberts and Cuthbert, and a forward pack that should create areas for broken play and open field to be exploited, it could give him the perfect platform to lay down a marker.
From the outset of the financial crisis, Mr. Bush has sought to use his public platform to lay out the gravity of the situation, and to offer reassurance to jittery markets and a nervous public.
We didn't really lay a platform to play off and we didn't take what we've done on the training pitch onto the field, and we have to start doing that".
Huckabee has been one of HERO's loudest opponents, using his national platform to lie about the ordinance and defend anti-LGBT discrimination.
Tonight, conspiracy peddler Alex Jones will have a major network as a platform to hurl demonstrable lies at a nationwide viewing audience.
Hand me my crocheted rug, my narrow, unchangeable views and a platform on which to lay them all out.
Lineham had a good chance to lay the platform for another Hull raid following a break down the right but his pass was intercepted by former Black and Whites hooker Aaron Heremaia.
It's an interesting model because Google TV is a platform that's meant to lay on top of existing cable.
In both variations, the interviewer presents a platform for a speaker to lie to the public, unchallenged, and often in a manner that amplifies an existing deception.
Platform owners needs to lay out clearer rules around the issue, and create a transparent system for enforcement.
