basic statement

Nothing in it was meant to change the basic operations of the capitalist economy or to intervene aggressively in class relations.

There was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss.

But, after all, perhaps it might be easier and more expedient if he were to appear to accept the Seneschal's statement.

He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."

Nuclei and certain other structures in the blood are stained by the basic dyes, and are hence called basophilic.

How can we rely upon such evidence after nineteen hundred years, and upon a statement of facts so important and so marvellous?