He has been an essential pillar in the life of the company.

It rests on three essential pillars: an impartial judiciary, an ethical bar and a sacred oath.

Along with the police and the army, state television was considered an essential pillar of Slobodan Milosevic's 13-year rule.

Safety, quality and efficacy are the three essential pillars of the European medicinal products market.

Religious freedom is an essential and inalienable pillar of universal human rights.

First and foremost, it is an essential pillar of the response of the Union to the current crisis.

These are the essential pillars upon which democracy rests.

Given that control is one of the essential pillars in applying the common fisheries policy, we can only support the establishment of this list.

Accordingly, the rule of law is one of the essential pillars of a democratic society.

The two Hussein brothers were essential pillars of the Baathist dictatorship.