The phrase "lay down principles" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to establish or establish guidelines or rules. Example: The company's CEO made sure to lay down principles for ethical business practices in their employee handbook.
"But it is very difficult to lay down principles more generally," he added, pointing out that the Renaissance was funded by the Medici family.
(30-year TB patient, father of two) In addition, although day-to-day household matters were considered the wife's responsibility, husbands were expected to lay down principles to guide the women.
-- I shall now lay down the principles which according to my understanding govern the case.
Why should Governor Bush ignore those realities and lay down constricting principles for the American role in the world?
The UN's approach has been to recognise the complexity of these respective claims, lay down broad principles, and urge a negotiated peace.
Labeling those who habitually fail to comply with mandatory patient safety protocols "disruptive caregivers," Pronovost and Wachter lay down eight principles to determine if punishments are warranted.
In this compact yet highly complex presentation he offered a brief summary of his previous endeavors and proceeded to lay down the principles and the blueprint for a comprehensive research program that would guide his work during the following years but at the same time defined the tasks of a future linguistics.
Kerry is trying to get the Israelis and Palestinians to agree to a "framework agreement" that will address all the main issues in the negotiations and lay down the principles for a permanent peace agreement.
In this article, we present the logistics, datasets, methods and results of the challenge and lay down the principles for future uses of this benchmark.
The [divisional] court did lay down a principle which, if not revolutionary, was novel and unsupported by authority... that submission to a threat is lawful only when... there was no alternative course open.
Hearings scheduled before the House and Senate today and tomorrow must lay down the principle that American taxpayers will protect the integrity of their transportation network from terrorism, but not from losses due to the economic slowdown.
