(n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
(n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.
(n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
(n.) The principal component part of a thing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arachidic acid was without effect, while linoleic acid and linolenic acid were (on a concentration basis) at least 5-times less active than arachidonic acid.
(2) The combined analysis of pathogenesis and genetics associated with the salmonella virulence plasmids may identify new systems of bacterial virulence and the genetic basis for this virulence.
(3) On the basis of 180 interventions, they describe in detail the use of fibrin glue in myringo- and tympanoplasty for correct fixing of grafts.
(4) For the first time it was organized on the basis of population.
(5) The purpose of these studies was to better understand the molecular basis of chromosome aberration formation after mitomycin C treatment.
(6) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(7) A novel prostaglandin E2 analogue, CL 115347, can be administered transdermally on a long-term basis.
(8) In this phase the educational practices are vastly determined by individual activities which form the basis for later regulations by the state.
(9) The structures of 1 and 2 were established mainly on the basis of nmr spectroscopic data.
(10) Determination of the primary structure for factor V has provided the basis for examination of structure-function relationships.
(11) The Bohr and Root effects are absent, although specific amino acid residues, considered responsible of most of these functions, are conserved in the sequence, thus posing new questions about the molecular basis of these mechanisms.
(12) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
(13) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
(14) On the basis of primary sequence homology with other known Pseudomonas lipases, a number of putative active site residues located in conserved areas were found.
(15) If, indeed, there is an immunologic basis for pre-eclampsia, it is more subtle than the methodology used in this study is capable of detecting.
(16) "These developments are clearly unwarranted on the basis of economic and budgetary fundamentals in these two member states and the steps that they are taking to reinforce those fundamentals."
(17) On the basis of mathematical models of the obtained dose-time-effect relationship, the risk of cancer occurrence due to small carcinogen doses is predicted.
(18) The relatively high incidence of nephroblastoma in the Nb rat using transplacentally administered ENU appears to represent a suitable basis for developing a rodent model of human nephroblastoma or Wilms' tumor.
(19) In this study we investigated the recovery or regenerative process of nasal mucosa in rabbits after mechanical injury on the basis of ultrastructural as well as functional observations.
(20) Three distinct antigenic regions of bovine somatotropin (bST) were identified on the basis of the ability of a set of monoclonal antibodies to bind to proteolytic fragments and deletion variants of recombinant bST (rbST) in Western blot analyses.
Underpinning
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Underpin
(n.) The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
(n.) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed.
(n.) The foundation, esp. of a frame house.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband accepted the Tory idea of a royal charter to establish a new press regulatory body but insisted it be underpinned in statute and said there should be guarantees of the body's independence.
(2) Progress on treaties underpinning nuclear disarmament – which have too long been stalled – has also recently begun to look more hopeful, with renewed prospects for achieving the entry into force of the comprehensive test ban treaty and for starting negotiations on a treaty to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive purposes.
(3) No party is better placed to lead the country on our next step in the journey and we must bring others with us as we seek to deliver on our exciting vision of a vibrant economy underpinning a much fairer society.
(4) Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said: "Scotland is rightly hailed as a land of food and drink, which is underpinned by the record exports achieved in both areas in 2011.
(5) He said recapitalisation of banks around the world amounted to around $900bn, while countries had underpinned their banking systems with $7tn of guarantees.
(6) Given that clinical services, and the biomedical and comparative effectiveness research that underpins them, change over time, it makes medical and financial sense to regularly review them.
(7) The structural underpinnings of these internal problems are assumed inconsequential and not addressed, and so is the international dimension.
(8) The Conservative peer and chancellor of the University of Oxford took the view – rightly – two decades ago that Hong Kong’s prosperity was underpinned by a free and plural society.
(9) These emerging signals are consistent with what we expect from our projections, giving us confidence in the science and models that underpin them.
(10) May urges her ministerial colleagues to use the code to underpin their conduct as part of efforts to create a “fairer Britain” where “everybody plays by the same rules”.
(11) Since one of the underpinnings of education is threatened by reductions in library collections, actions must be taken by publishers, librarians, faculty, and professional associations to ameliorate the present situation and to limit additional increases in serial prices.
(12) Resisting protectionism and promoting global trade and investment 22.World trade growth has underpinned rising prosperity for half a century.
(13) "The public realm and the free market realm are subject to inherent weaknesses that have got to be underpinned by having shared values that lead to shared rules," he says, in some version, many times.
(14) For underpinning the president's success was a shift in the very nature of the US electorate, with white voters accounting for a smaller share than ever before.
(15) The thinking underpinned the next nine months of no campaigning: the risks that Scotland could not use the pound, fears about the health and strength of Scotland’s economy without the UK single market, or that it would be unable to join the European Union.
(16) Since Freud's (1911) explication of the nature of paranoia, much has been written concerning the dynamic underpinnings of the illness but less have been detailed regarding its manifestations structurally.
(17) But the banking catastrophes of 2007 and 2008 taught us that only "core" capital – the rock-solid equity underpinning banks' balance sheets – counts in a proper crisis.
(18) The European human rights convention, on which the 1998 act is closely based, is “an entirely sensible statement of the principles which should underpin any democratic nation”.
(19) This is more difficult than it sounds, because it means challenging assumptions that have underpinned health policy in recent years.
(20) He said he accepted the principle of independent regulation, arguing that the current system "is badly broken and it has let down victims" – but insisted that any proposal to underpin a new regulator with a law, as proposed by Leveson, would "cross the Rubicon" of state intervention into press freedom.