Sentence examples for lay proper from inspiring English sources

But we did not lay proper foundations, such as having a strong board of directors in place, raising sufficient working capital, or really road-testing our business model before we started employing homeless people.

He said the solution lay in proper checks at the borders.

The leadership meeting came a day after a strong statement from Arab League foreign ministers offering "full support" to Mr. Kerry's efforts and saying his ideas "lay the proper foundation" for "serious negotiations to address all final-status issues".

AMMAN, Jordan — In a strong signal that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks might soon be resumed, Arab League diplomats said Wednesday that the ideas proposed by Secretary of State John Kerry "lay the proper foundation to start the negotiations".

"When I had my accident, I said, 'Why can't I do the things that I did before?' " The answer, he found, lay in proper positioning, which even today remains a cornerstone of his jazz theory.

It is the coach's job to lay down proper lines of communication with his players in the first place, to make the players understand what is required of them.

Our results showed that OA osteoblasts failed to lay a proper mineral or matrix.

Tocqueville now has a proper vestibule, beyond which lies a proper lounge area, beyond which lies a proper dining room with yards of wavy silk hanging dramatically, like stage curtains, over a passageway to the kitchen.

Somewhere between German paranoia and American naïveté lies the proper degree of concern.

The acid test lies in proper progression of a scene which was surely boosted by events at Augusta National.

Might its message be that the secret of happiness in modern Germany lies in proper toilet training?