Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] at the base [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A similar distinction lies at the base of J. R. Walsh 's treatment of the muftis : doubtless writing about a period later than that under consideration in the present study , he states , in regard to what Hezarfen would call the that aside from the occasional retired kadi or " a member of one of the local learned families in the larger cities , … the were not of the class " .
2 The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing .
3 The Grampian Group , in which primary facies changes are concomitant with abrupt changes of thickness , is overstepped by pelites with quartzite wedges at the base of the Appin Group .
4 On physical examination heart rate was 100 per min , respiratory rate 18 per min , and temperature 39.5°C ; she had dullness , egophony , and diminished breath sounds at the base of the left lung .
5 The Tellsplatte lies at the base of the Axenberg mount , part of the precipitous east face of the Urner See .
6 Hold the pleats in place by oversewing a few hand stitches at the base of each pleat ( fig. 34 ) .
7 The sea crashes at the base of the Purbeck-Portland cliffs at DURLSTON .
8 Secondly , Panzer has noticed solution forms at the base of several small isolated rocks , which would not have sufficient surface area to allow a large amount of surface water to collect .
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