Now it was vital to get back to a secure base and start slowly working her way up again.

This creates a secure base before nature steps in with the real stuff.

"Now first I want to establish a secure base of operations."

His position meant he needed a secure base from which to operate.

The fall of the Taliban means the gang no longer has a secure base.

They'll take you to a secure base on the mainland.

If he had left all guards up, we were now deprived of what I wanted most for us, a secure base.

The army remained in its secure bases along the main highway to the south.

We've got a secure base in this country and they don't.

The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward.