Sentence examples for lay the building from inspiring English sources

This September's Climate Summit in New York City is critical because it is designed to build momentum, and lay the building blocks, for a new international climate treaty that will be negotiated in Paris at the end of 2015.

The idea, Mr. Mack said, was not to set up a formal government in exile but to "lay the building blocks for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq".

It helps us to lay the building blocks for prosperity and opportunity – the rule of law, strong and accountable government, gender equality and education for all.

Just beyond an 8-metre-high grey concrete wall – in some places decorated with graffiti and in some places burnt black by demonstrators – lies the building that was slated to become the Palestinian parliament.

He speeded to Manhattan with police escorts and visited the hospital where the dead men lay, the burning building and the stricken firehouse in SoHo.

The response to this twin outbreak in Mandera should lay the foundation for building a robust health system capable of preventing future outbreaks and build back better.

Recognizing this challenge, Gerard connected with his cousin Vianney to lay the groundwork for building and staffing a second medical school.

It can also lay the foundations for building new markets.

Le Méridien's cultural curator, Jerome Sans (of Palais de Tokyo fame) helped lay the groundwork for building a hotel for the creative class in Istanbul.

I propose to utilise the momentum in current systems biology to lay the foundations for building such high-level models.

Within the building, lay the group's target: the Agriculture Biotechnology Support Project, which did genetic engineering work on crops for developing nations.