Sentence examples for try to lay down from inspiring English sources

Moreover, if Western donors or investors try to lay down conditions on such matters, African leaders have become adept at threatening to "go east".

READING a collection of Richard Russo stories is a bit like watching a home-run hitter try to lay down a squeeze bunt.

Unlike law, which must try to lay down adamant and precise rules, ethics may limn general principles, which in this case urge you to give your subject genuine consideration but not absolute authority.

"I try to lay down all the components that are the drama of a house".

When the local UN head first arrived, he had to make all the decisions himself; now, he says, the local advisory committees try to lay down the law.

On the phone from Nagambie, Victoria, the Drones frontman says the band's new song Taman Shud is a "big piss off" to those who "try to lay down the rules and the terms, tell you what you have to do to be Australian".

If you begin to feel nauseous, try to lie down immediately.

If you can, try to lie down and relax for at least 30 minutes.

If you can, try to lie down on the grass and look at the sky above you.

"Now we're looking toward the future and trying to lay down a plan for the next generation".

The French state has a long history of trying to lay down rigid rules for names – both surnames and first names.