"laid down policy" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a specific policy or set of rules that has been officially established or communicated. Example: The company's laid down policy on employee benefits includes health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Yet Bell and her superior as British high commissioner, Sir Percy Cox, laid down policies of state in Iraq that were taken up by Saddam's Arab Ba'ath socialist party.
In British politics since time immemorial, party leaders have adopted an autocratic and dictatorial style, laying down policy and instructions from the top, and it appears that all the PLP 80 including Heidi Alexander Corbynn's leadership shoddy, says MP, 20 August), take it as a given.
Although the Municipal Corporation is the legislative body that lays down policies for the governance of the city, it is the Commissioner who is responsible for the execution of the policies.
Mr. Kerry has already laid down some detailed policy prescriptions to ease what he describes as the "middle-class squeeze," from a major program to expand health insurance coverage and hold down its costs, to new assistance with college tuition.
At the same time it is continuing with the pro-EU policy of its western-oriented predecessors and sticking to their economic policy as laid down by the IMF.
This example has an individual and a population dimension, because current demographic changes were not foreseen when earlier policies were laid down.
Despite his poor reputation, Getachew is regarded as a strong EPRDF hardliner and commands considerable authority and influence within the powerful EPRDF executive committee which lays down the policy for the ruling party and the government.
Back in 1991, a reformist prime minister, Narasimha Rao, started to open the economy and laid down a policy of "looking east".
He said he had laid down his policy vision in a document that had been accepted by Labour's national executive committee.
In Mosul and other towns with substantial Christian communities, the Islamic State quickly laid down its policy towards these beleaguered people; convert to Islam, pay the jizya tax or be put to death.
Chandler laid down his terms.
