The phrase 'lay the assumption' is correct and usable in written English.
It means to establish an unproven assumption. For example, "The professor laid the assumption that the ancient ruins were built by aliens."
There are philosophical, religious, nationalist, racist, and other reasons for such beliefs, but simple binary thinking, much like the thinking that under lay the assumptions of the Cold War, is prevalent in Washington, DC and throughout America.
Behind Leibniz's rejection of the first horn lies the assumption that if bodies were nothing but matter, and matter nothing but extension, then bodies would be wholly and essentially passive.
Behind this idea lies the assumption of an absolute beta convergence to a common upper level of social expenditure, thereby confirming the saturation effect.2. Püss et al. (2005) find the presence of statistically significant beta convergence for total and per capita social expenditure at purchasing power parity (PPP) as a share of GDP for EU countries over the period 1993 2000.
At the basis on American capitalism lies the assumption that everyone should get and hold a job to become a productive member of society.
Underlying such a fear lies the assumption that siblings will be forced to care for those with PDD once the parents die.
At its heart lies the assumption that job characteristics can be classified into two general categories: job demands and job resources [ 6].
At the heart of patient empowerment lies the assumption that "patients are experts on their own bodies, symptoms and situation, and this knowledge is necessary to succeed in treatment" [ 1].
Inherent in this approach lie the assumptions that (i) people know their ultimate goal, (ii) have the means to select the courses of action that are the most likely to lead to goal achievement, and (iii) have the capability to carry out the appropriate courses of action.
Down this road lies the old assumption that bullying is a rite of childhood passage.
The theory of multistage carcinogenesis and the ensuing notion of transformation resistance of cells as the countdown trigger of carcinogenesis (see above) lay the basis for some assumptions.
