VERB + BASE
- have
- The statue has a solid concrete base
ADJ
- firm, secure, solid, sound, strong
- economic, ideological
- His arguments have a sound economic base
VERB + BASE
- have
- establish, give sb, provide (sb with)
- These policies give us a solid base for winning the next election
- use sth as
PREP
- ~ for
- He used the notes as a base for his lecture
ADJ
- solid, sound
- broad, narrow
- These policies have a broad base of support
- power
- a politician with a rural power base
- commercial, economic, financial, industrial, manufacturing, tax
- The country has a sound commercial base
- client, customer
VERB + BASE
- have
- develop, expand, improve, increase
- The company is trying to expand its customer base
ADJ
- excellent, ideal, perfect
VERB + BASE
- have
- The company has its base in New York
- establish, set up
- The company has set up its new base in the north
PREP
- ~ for
- an ideal base for mountain expeditions
ADJ
- foreign
- Demonstrators demanded the removal of foreign bases
- air, air force, military, missile, NATO, naval, RAF
VERB + BASE
- have
- build, establish
- The Americans established a naval base on the island in the 1960s
PREP
- at a/the~
- equipment kept at the base
- on a/the ~
- people living on the air force base
- to (the) ~
- The planes have all returned to base