The phrase "a poor base" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a foundation or starting point that is inadequate or lacking in quality.
Example: "The project's success was hindered by a poor base of research, leading to flawed conclusions."
Alternatives: "an inadequate foundation" or "a weak basis".
The most obvious result in our study relates the variation in the position of conserved motif IV with a structural explanation for the poor base specificity and promiscuous nucleotide hydrolysis reported in nucleotide binding studies of FtsY by Shan and Walter [24].
Is it fair that children who live in school districts with a poor tax base because the residents of the district are poor should receive an inferior education?
That means a poor skills base from which directors such as al-Mansour – who is lucky enough to be foreign-educated and supported by a progressive figure like Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal – can draw.
WITH one member, Mr. Rivers recently co-wrote an essay on "a new politics" for black Americans in which he wrote that "most black politicians and other elites are not accountable to a poor black base, and have been willing to let the Democrats have black votes essentially for free".
In a survey of 91,000 employers, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills found more than one in five vacancies were down to a poor skills base.
388 390 There are many treatment modalities available and most are very expensive with a poor evidence base.
Objective To determine whether ciclosporin is superior to prednisolone for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum, a painful, ulcerating skin disease with a poor evidence base for management.
21 Ultimately, this creates a vicious cycle of a poor evidence base perpetuating the lack of political will and global accountability in responding to this scourge.
