Sentence examples for firmly laid from inspiring English sources

With some of his ghosts now firmly laid to rest, it seems safe to assume that García will be back.

Supporters made it clear that they authorized military action only reluctantly, but firmly laid down a Jeffersonian record of justification.

The ultimate failure of Mbeki, who might otherwise have made a significant contribution to the exercise of Presidential power in the country, must be firmly laid at your door, even though there were several other factors like his denial of the viral cause of AIDS.

Any idea that Jimmy has been conceived as a variation on the Michael Corleone/Tony Soprano brand of thoughtfully troubled murderers is firmly laid to rest in a gruesome scene that is as nauseating to watch as it is effectively blunt and intellectually pointed.

Testing continues, the sun is still shining, and the groundwork for a new season is being firmly laid.

This is why "the foundations of natural religion had never been so deeply and firmly laid, as in the mathematical and experimental philosophy of that great man" (W4.582).

Before they start their patrol, Leonov firmly lays down the rules: no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, no swearing.

But it is an operation, Mr. Le Drian knows, that is far from over, and its ultimate success or failure will be laid firmly at his door.

He said: "News that investment in Britain is being held up can be laid firmly at the door of Theresa May.

blockade; responsibility for the worsening conditions in Cuba during the "special period" of the 1990s is laid firmly at Castro's door.

The responsibility laid firmly at our feet.