Sentence examples for base of the first from inspiring English sources

The aftershaft has the appearance of a second, smaller feather, growing from the base of the first.

By the time I arrived at the base of the first long climb, my heart rate was soaring and my thighs were heavy with lactic acid.

At the base of the first climb, the canyon's namesake waterfall misting just upstream, Mr. Olevsky double-checked harnesses and lanyard setups.

Spiracles, or breathing pores, when present, are at the base of the first pair of appendages or elsewhere on the front part of the body.

The ovaries lie either in the base or in the stalk of the animal, and the female gonopore is near the base of the first pair of middle appendages (cirri).

"After carrying out initial X-rays at the La Moraleja Sanitas Hospital it has been confirmed that the footballer Iker Casillas has suffered a fracture at the base of the first metacarpal on his left hand," the statement read.

After 1814 the city became a strategic British Mediterranean naval and military base of the first order; it was subjected to severe bombing raids in World War II and was the place where the Italian fleet surrendered to the Allies in 1943.

2. Sole marks at the base of the first bed of sandstone.

Then she hikes back around the base of the third ridge, adjusting her jacket.

Similarly, a capacitor could be inserted between the collector of the first amplifier and the base of the second.

Maxillary glands are well-developed in adults, where they open just behind the base of the second pair of maxillae.