The phrase "lay the cornerstone for" is correct and usable in written English. You can use this phrase when talking about figuratively or literally laying a cornerstone of a building, for example, in order to symbolize the beginning of a major project. For example, "We need to lay the cornerstone for this new project in order to start the process."
Now is the time to lay the cornerstone for a global strategy to cut and ultimately end carbon emissions.
In Bonn we want to lay the cornerstone for strong engagement beyond 2014 — an engagement that will mainly show a civilian face.
In recent weeks, Governor Pataki has said he wants Mr. Silverstein to lay the cornerstone for the first office tower at the site in the summer of 2004.
John's first contact with politics came in 1910, when he sold a newspaper to Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in Saskatoon to lay the cornerstone for the University's first building.
"With the full implementation of this strategy, Iraq will meet the aspirations of its citizens for quality education and lay the cornerstone for a competitive 21st century economy" said Mrs. Marie-Helene Brisknell, the World Bank's Special Representative to Iraq.
Harnessing the regenerative capacity of these cells and the important factors they secrete may lay the cornerstone of biological therapy for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.
This would allow them to lay the cornerstone of a 1,776-foot 1,776-footugustower4, during the RepublicAugust 2004 Convention.
In the first public speech of his career, he declared, "Let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom without fear.
Congressional had a long relationship with Washington's elite, going back to 1923, when Herbert Hoover, then the Secretary of Commerce, helped lay the cornerstone of the clubhouse.
One hundred and fifteen years ago, in 1895, President Seth Low presided over a small ceremony on the new 17-acre campus known as Morningside Heights to lay the cornerstone of Low Library.
We asked a group of those very burka-covered girls to accompany us to the site of the school and lay the cornerstone of their school.
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