21.   But he will use his first year to lay the groundwork.

22.   But in the last several months, senior officials have tried to lay the groundwork for a continuing American involvement in Bosnia.

23.   But nonprofit agencies hope to lay the groundwork this year for an expanded presence of the much-hyped program in future years.

24.   But she said it was prudent to lay the groundwork now so that if the conservation measures fail to work the state is ready.

25.   But sometimes those early lessons in dealing with others result in malfunctioning communication skills, or lay the groundwork for emotional traps that get triggered by people at work.

26.   But they also lay the groundwork for possible new American military initiatives in space that could invite a celestial arms race and transform the heavens into a future battlefield.

27.   But the new bid is spelled out in much greater detail, in an attempt to lay the groundwork for a crucial regulatory ruling in the next few weeks.

28.   But U.S. policy-makers should recognize that compromises, which offer the false promise of progress, will in fact lay the groundwork for Iraq to go its own way.

29.   But, at the same time, he appeared to lay the groundwork for rejecting a heavy award against Sharpton.

30.   Caffrey says he wants Cyberdocs to lay the groundwork for the next technological revolution, when video conferencing becomes commonplace.