11.   Progress in primary schools has laid the foundations for the drive to raise standards in secondary schools, announced last month.

12.   The builders have begun laying the foundations for the house.

13.   The drama school training will only lay the foundations and prepare you for the profession you are joining.

14.   The foundations have been laid for sustainable growth in both output and employment.

15.   This group of mentors had laid the foundation for deep-earth studies.

16.   This theory also laid the foundation for the modern revolution in our understanding of the deepest parts of the earth.

17.   We are laying the foundations for further progress.

18.   We could say that she is laying the foundations for dressing herself later on.

19.   This laid the foundations for later modern economic growth.

20.   With the establishment of the development education post in this year, work has focussed more on laying foundations than on expanding.