Sentence examples for would only lay from inspiring English sources

She said Greig fears agreeing to speak would only lay the groundwork for a perjury trap.

It said it would offer a series of voluntary programs, and would only lay off workers if it did not get enough people to accept buyouts.

Modest expectations marked the start of UN climate talks Monday, as negotiators and experts all warned that the two-week session would only lay the groundwork for a potentially ambitious global-warming pact by the end of the decade.

Those of us who've done a little ghostwriting have a maxim: May as well leave out the stuff you'd only lie about anyway.

This would not only lay the ground for an improved understanding of human embryonic development but would also contribute toward the generation of novel cell types used in cell replacement therapies.

The class of people who believed that the value of real estate would only increase lay at the heart of the Great Recession of 2008.

Mr Grant would only be lying if, in speculating as he did, he did not believe that his evidence had any foundation.

I see no point in cheating - in, say, calling for a mulligan after a wild hook into the bushes - since I would only be lying to myself, and there is ultimately no satisfaction in that.

Some female Polybia only lay eggs.

We can only lay the foundation.

Muslim terrorists would only have to lie about their religion to enter the country".