31.   He led a series of ruthless military campaigns to conquer or subdue nearby territories and lay the foundation for the modern Russian state.

32.   He is a long shot, but his efforts may lay the foundations for an immigrant candidate to seek citywide office in the future.

33.   His philosophy was to lay the foundations of empiricism, with its belief that our knowledge of the world is based on experience.

34.   Inadvertently they helped lay a foundation for the angry, aggressive, techno-driven sound heard today in Nine Inch Nails and others.

35.   Indeed, recent reports lay the foundation for slower growth.

36.   It could also help to lay a foundation for an effective system of criminal justice that the country badly needs.

37.   It helped lay the foundations for this, the American century.

38.   It is commonplace decency that will lay the foundation for a better society.

39.   It should also lay the foundations for a national banking system.

40.   Kidder went to the Pecos site specifically to lead a giant dig that would help lay the foundation for modern archeological techniques.