The phrase "action is laid" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a legal context where a claim or action is formally initiated, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The action is laid before the court for consideration."
Alternatives: "action is filed" or "claim is submitted".
A cautious plan of action is laid down.
L'Atalante's action is laid out like a finely-wrought symphony, with its telling features intercut with contrasting comic elements.
The film leans on that sense of being off-balance (or feeling concussed), and much of its action is laid bare in a light with a bracing hollow clarity.
The action is laid in an outdoor garden, a fine, leafy creation of scenic designer James Leonard Joy.
The action is laid in the latter part of the eighteenth century and Margaret Fischer as the daughter of the rich Laird of the Isla takes part some of the most enchanting pictures ever shown on a screen".
I thought the choice of physical violence to dramatize the emotional violence of outing made for a powerful, if controversial, moment when Santana's vulnerability is addressed and the full weight of Finn's action is laid out.
All of this action is laying the groundwork for what will be an expanded collaboration between Karlak and the Scott studio on a virtual reality experience similar to the one that Fox had rolled out with "The Martian".
The basic principles of dynamo action were laid down a century ago11, but solving the fluid dynamo equations proved difficult.
113 This hypothesis does not follow directly from the fact that cortical systems for both perception and action are laid out hierarchically.
After a brief description of the evaluation methodology suggested by the European COST action 732, focus is laid on the question of how to obtain validation data that can be regarded as a reliable standard.
"The action of the play is laid on the porches and in the yards of two small houses that sit close beside each other in a small Kansas town...
