"lay down conditions" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to express the idea of giving instructions or rules for something. For example: The teacher laid down conditions for the test, including no talking and no sharing of answers.
Nor does it behove western commentators whose countries are occupying Iraq to lay down conditions for those opposing it.
Frankly, it is arrogant for him to lay down conditions for a post-election before a single vote has been cast.
Moreover, if Western donors or investors try to lay down conditions on such matters, African leaders have become adept at threatening to "go east".
But as he began to lay down conditions, the negotiations broke down and the Northern Alliance resumed their shelling.
82 In the main proceedings, the national legislation is not directed at decoding devices in order to determine the requirements which they must meet or to lay down conditions under which they can be marketed.
She explained that the junta would not receive the funds unless "they do certain things," saying that India hopes to "engage them (with the grant) and slowly lay down conditions for reform".
Whatever one thinks about the wording of the first three articles, it is hard to gainsay what they aspire to lay down as minimum conditions for a human life worth the name.
NTT, however, may lay down its own conditions.
So we need to lay down some "boundary conditions," as the mathematicians like to say.
"I wanted to do it in a place where I could lay down my own artistic conditions.
The standard conditions lay down detailed procedures where the seller wants to forfeit the deposit or the buyer wants the deposit back.
