Sentence examples for efforts to lay from inspiring English sources

The Ergenekon trial played an important role in efforts to lay to rest a history of military meddling in democratic politics.

The intensification of the combat is sapping efforts to lay the foundations for a largely ceremonial transfer of political sovereignty to the Iraqis on June 30.

That acquittal seems to have put paid to efforts to lay charges elsewhere on Wall Street – including the top brass at defunct Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Kerry has frequently said that time is the enemy, arguing that attitudes could harden and that unexpected developments could complicate painstaking efforts to lay the basis for progress at the negotiating table.

There are some wonderful voluntary efforts to lay on 'food and fun' projects for children, and the report shows the lengths to which some parents go to feed their child.

SO OFTEN in Haiti urgent problems mudslides that bury towns, storms that wash houses out to sea or spikes in food prices and chronic political instability have conspired to subvert efforts to lay the basis for sustained development.

Much of the recent maneuvering is simply an effort to lay down markers for the approaching negotiations.

Some have speculated that the shortages may be an effort to lay the groundwork for a gasoline price increase, potentially tied to the I.M.F.

One project he worked on, which has since lost political allure, was the effort to lay giant transmission lines to aid wind power.

They hoped that this massive, government-backed effort to lay out the entire genetic code of Homo sapiens would lead to a proliferation of profitable new treatments.

The European Center for Nuclear Research, which will operate the collider, has rightly pooh-poohed the dangers but is revisiting the safety issue in an effort to lay the concerns to rest.