Sentence examples for on a firm base from inspiring English sources

The shallow hole is needed so the plant can sit on a firm base of undisturbed soil that won't settle with time.

Building on a firm base of systematic, genetic, and ecological work on Heliconius and their relatives, these data give unrivalled information on the continuum between polymorphisms, races, semi-species, and species in nature.

Ensure that the flip over saw is on a firm base and does not move.

The principal result of this paper is the design of a rule-based method to segment the suppliers of a firm based on two overarching dimensions: supplier capabilities and supplier willingness.

These companies allow easy hiring and collaboration between, say, a software developer in Russia and a marketing specialist in England on a project for a firm based in the United States.

As such for the next assault, planned for the morning, the Fusiliers would detach their reserve company to attack the Hinge from the east, using the Australian positions on Maryang San as a firm base and thereby allowing them to outflank their opponents on Hill 217.

A multiple executive modeled on the French Directory and lacking a firm base in established political institutions and practices reflected the intrigues of individuals rather than the programs of clearly delineated parties.

During the first two phases the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division to be reinforced on 28 June with the Guards Armoured Division's infantry brigade was to remain on the start line to provide a "firm base".

Companies may have inflated past profits, it was said, but at least future profits growth is on a firmer base.

He goes in for no deep psychological dredging, yet his novels rest on a firmer base of instinct and belief than is usual among the English comedians.

Though they've been in business for five years, the product designers behind Grain, a firm based on Bainbridge Island off the Seattle coast, have only just gotten around to doing furniture.