Sentence examples for given a base from inspiring English sources

Ms. Gielgud has since said that she resigned because she was never given a base budget figure for her first season, 2001-2002.

As a comparison, Paul R. Charron, chief executive at Liz Claiborne Inc., was given a base salary of $1 million and 50,000 stock options last year.

Vienna has topped the list for the past five years, with all countries measured on a point-scoring index against New York, which is given a base score of 100.

According to the lawsuit she was given a base salary, which the university paid for out of Knight Foundation funds, and was asked to pay most of her additional expenses out of her own pocket.

"Their attitude was, 'We know better than you.' " It didn't help that the new superintendent was given a base salary — $189,000 — that many in the community found excessive.

By then, though, he had quietly become key to the professional company that had been given a base in Ann Arbor by university leaders eager to remedy a major mistake: They had allowed Tyrone Guthrie, who had wanted to settle in their city, to decamp to Minneapolis and create a famous theater there.

"Now, there's nothing wrong with a standardized test being given occasionally just to give a base line of where kids are at," he continued.

A: Zuckerberg:One thing we're trying to emphasize is that this is a set of infrastructure changes that gives a base from which to build on.

They should give a base load, to the best of their ability, as conditions permit, and the balance provided with top-up heat from a conventional fuel.

Of course, it also helps when the country's identity or brand is as clearly defined, visually and culturally, as the States', giving a base to piggyback off.

This gave a base year for the incremental assessment.