building block

Such practices are hardly surprising in themselves—working for nothing seems to be a key building block of the new economy.

We also consider the family unit to be the fundamental building block of society.

It is a building block of protein and found in large amounts in the brain, retina, heart, and blood platelets.

It was the first British paper he bought, back in 1969, a key building block in what would become a global empire.

But the early white settlers had firearms and skill in building block-houses, so they took to the valleys near wood and water.

I was shown in Virginia City a building block of land that rents for ten times what it cost four years ago.

The little one wanted to play "catch," but Susy saw a great deal more sport in building block houses.

It includes law of that time which is the same, similar, or a building block to the law of today.