Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] basis " in BNC.

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1 Kevin Scully , senior vice-president of Global Systems and Technology , says : ‘ What we have can be described as a centralised database with applications that are decentralised on a global basis .
2 NI contributions are calculated on a payment-by-payment basis according to the earnings period .
3 Working-Set Database Volumes are calculated on the following basis .
4 The mix and match formula ensures that shareholders are treated on an equal basis .
5 During normal operation of LIFESPAN , the requests for offlining modules are queued on a first-come-first-served basis .
6 Awards which are developed on a national basis and meet the criteria outlined below will be designated as NATIONAL AWARDS .
7 Consultancy , training and enquiry work has been undertaken on a trans-European basis .
8 Through it , Palestinians are struggling on a daily basis to shake off Israel 's authority and to construct their own .
9 Equally , it is vital that job cost records are posted on a daily basis and job cost reports are provided at least once a month to responsible professional staff and partners .
10 In addition , coaching sessions are arranged : there is a scheme organised by Prudential Insurance which runs weekly sessions for six weeks after Easter , and in the summer holidays further coaching has been arranged on a regular basis .
11 Since 1989 benefits have been calculated on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis .
12 A theoretical aim is to test out the generalisability of theories of job satisfaction among teachers which have been developed on a unicultural basis , often from samples of people in many different occupations .
13 Many schemes for housing old people have been developed on a voluntary basis .
14 Resource allocation is also relevant , particularly where charging policies are formulated on a means-tested basis .
15 The courses are arranged on a modular basis , each lasting for one term .
16 If the land has been let on an exempt basis after 31 July 1989 , the landlord needs Customs ' written permission to opt ( Sch 6A , para 3(6) ( a ) and ( 10 ) ; Notice 742B , part V ) .
17 organisation Some departments , such as the Welsh , Scottish , or Northern Ireland Offices , are organised on a geographical basis while others such as the Treasury are primarily centred in Whitehall .
18 Some non-time-related texts are organised on a classificatory basis , some on a comparison-contrast , others on a hypothesising basis .
19 Interestingly enough , there are several types of writing commonly practised in school that are organised on a time-related basis , yet are not strictly narratives .
20 THE list of processes thought to occur abiotically at the Earth 's surface has been shrinking on a yearly basis .
21 Erm our marketing has been targeted on a geographical basis er on three main areas .
22 Just like the General Election , our awards are won on a first-past-the-post basis .
23 The sixth company , which does not identify key environmental issues in its planning guidelines , does not do so because strategic issues are not discussed as part of the planning process but are considered on a continuous basis .
24 There then follows a ‘ Spanish Inquisition ’ procedure at which individual cuts and new schemes are considered on a one-off basis in private by a small group of senior politicians .
25 An indemnity basis taxation of costs that have already been taxed on the standard basis would seem to us to lead to the conclusion that the costs of the standard basis taxation were unnecessarily and unreasonably incurred and should be disallowed on the taking of the account .
26 As finance director David Nash stated : ‘ In view of the short time since the standard was issued , and the fact that most forecasts have been prepared on the existing basis , we were concerned that it might be confusing if this presentation was based on the new format .
27 It could , for example , consist of a complaint that a rating list had been prepared on an unfair basis in the sense that another ratepayer 's property had been undervalued , even if a revaluation would not lead to a reduction in the complainant 's rate bill .
28 A very large amount had already been collected on a voluntary basis by religious groups for the Famine , making it seem almost superfluous or extortionate to do more .
29 It is admitted that the gradings assigned to the respective countries have been done on a subjective basis and that different observers might well have come up with somewhat different rankings .
30 There 's one of the packages been priced on a forward basis , what does that mean/
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