The amoebic nature and economic roles they play have made them the bedrock of the micro economy in most economies.
In many ways, the AFL-CIO is reinventing a political wheel that once gave to union labour the kind of voice that made it the bedrock constituency for progressive politics during its mid-20th century heyday.
The late Philip Gould, one of Blair's key strategists, wrote in his diary in 1988: "We must sort out the economic policy as almost a discrete, separate product, sorted out and got right, and made into the bedrock of our credentials for government".
Although disparate, both aspects made up the bedrock of my self-esteem.
Forever humble, Catherine gave everything she had to the poor and made mercy the bedrock of her ministry.
Its relative simplicity and affordability made the Rega 3 a "bedrock of analog playback for well over 30 years".
Proletarian novels and movies made the working class the moral bedrock of the nation.
George Bush made it to the White House and is there today, because of the lockstep support of The 700 Club's faithful, who make up the bedrock of the "values voter".
Their grievances, real and imagined, make up the bedrock of their politics.
Only 12percentt of the population are the evangelical Protestants Mr. Green calls "traditionalists," the political and theological conservatives who make up the bedrock of the religious right.
