The phrase "a natural base of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing foundational elements or components that are inherent or organic to a particular subject or context.
Example: "The recipe calls for a natural base of vegetables to enhance the flavor of the dish."
Alternatives: "an organic foundation of" or "a fundamental source of".
He also had a natural base of support.
Jerry Gershner, president of the Greater Ossining Chamber of Commerce, has been urging the village to build on the four downtown parcels it owns, preferably apartment houses that would create a natural base of customers for downtown shops.
Added another GOP Senate strategist: "Hagel doesn't have a natural base of grassroots support outside the president and Democratic leaders so it's difficult to see any real backlash developing". Worth noting: A Quinnipiac University poll conducted earlier this month showed that two-thirds of people didn't know enough about Hagel to offer an opinion either favorable or unfavorable.
Mrs. Bachmann entered the race with a boffo performance in a debate, had a natural base of Sarah Palin supporters to draw from and then faded once a candidate (Rick Perry) with as much Tea Party credibility but more traditional credentials and stronger campaigning skills entered instead.
Her newfound strategy calls for an intense focus on Iowa, where she already has a strong organization and a natural base of support with evangelical Republicans, home-school advocates and tea partyers.
This must have something to do with the prejudice that nature did not select 2,6-diaminopurine as a natural base in its "repertoire" of purines (adenine, guanine and hypoxanthine) and pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine and uracil).
The base-pairing of a natural base with the modified nucleoside in the oligomers during DNA synthesis will cause the replacement of its equivalent partner.
Although the 49-year-old Mr. Soaries is a Republican and has not enjoyed the natural base of support a Democrat would, he says confidently that for now he is keeping an eye on two other nationally prominent black Republicans, Colin Powell, the new secretary of state, and Condoleeza Rice, named by President Bush to be his national security adviser.
Using unabashed, Soviet-era language, he is picking a culture war with the idea of driving a wedge between the Moscow-based opposition and what is assumed to be his natural base of support among workers in the provinces.
This was brought about by the alienation of New Labour from its natural base of public support, and created a general sense of cynicism about British politics from which we are still suffering.
Rather than trying to woo religious conservatives, an awkward alliance at best, McCain is focussing more on his natural base of independents (in New Hampshire) and veterans (in South Carolina).
