Example sentences of "is based on a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike 's pre-ski exercise is based on a scene from King Kong . |
| 2 | This confidence survey is conducted among UK hotel general managers and is based on a sample of almost 100 drawn from different classes , sizes and styles of hotels geographically spread across the country . |
| 3 | It is based on a sample of 1,000 probated wills from Somerset House of London residents who died in 1981 and who had one or more beneficiaries with a London address . |
| 4 | Although it is true that he understood the distinction between a logical argument about the truth — falsity of religious propositions , and an empirical analysis of who holds which beliefs , in which groups — Freud 's explanatory theory is based on a judgement about the rationality or otherwise of religious beliefs and practices . |
| 5 | The report is based on a University of Salford research project entitled Voicing grievances and getting redress , which is a comparative study of tenants of different types of public sector landlord . |
| 6 | She points out that much of a woman 's life is based on a spontaneity of moral response that many philosophers , in particular Hegel and Kant , would say had no moral worth ( McMillan , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | This is based on a history of access to permanent pig pastures and the clinical signs . |
| 8 | It is based on a novel by House Of Cards author Michael Dobbs . |
| 9 | Performed by Mecklenburgh Opera , the libretto is based on a story by the expressionist writer and artist , Bruno Schulz . |
| 10 | Campbell 's contribution in this book , by arguing the case for an ‘ ethical positivism ’ , is based on a variation of this traditional assumption . |
| 11 | This case study by Davies and Ellison ( 1987 ) is based on a survey of all the secondary schools in Cheshire to elicit comments on their practice of capitation distribution . |
| 12 | The report , compiled by NUPE , NALGO and COHSE , which are forming the new union UNISON , is based on a survey of 1,200 local authority home helps in England , Scotland , and Wales . |
| 13 | Part A of the interim report is based on a survey of the initial destinations of 1984 Information Technology Advanced Course students as they completed their courses . |
| 14 | The study is based on a survey of records from locations where radioactive material is known to have been stored , manufactured or spilt . |
| 15 | The system is based on a map with touch-screen information points giving details of historic sites , accommodation , things to do … and local toilets . |
| 16 | The ECU is based on a basket of EC currencies , including sterling , weighted according to their relative importance in EC output . |
| 17 | The Policy is based on a Contract of Indemnity and reinstatement is not provided other than for explosion cover . |
| 18 | This approach is based on a couple of ingrained assumptions about Disability . |
| 19 | The design procedure described here is based on a technique of mapping the functional requirements on to the geometric domain of the object . |
| 20 | If Rawls ' theory is based on a doctrine of neutrality it is a doctrine of comprehensive neutrality . |
| 21 | Advice to parents is based on a mixture of behaviour management skills , nutritional help , reassurance , and building up the parents ’ confidence in coping with the child and at times long-term support with careful monitoring of the child 's weight and the parent-child relationship ( Douglas and Richman 1984 ) . |
| 22 | In the first place , actual possession is evidence of ownership , and , except in cases where ownership is based on a system of public registration , it is hard to see how any ownership can be proved , otherwise than by going back to some prior possession . |
| 23 | The whole program is based on a system of menus and sub menus , so whatever you select from the main menu will in most cases lead you to a sub menu , which may in turn lead you to another sub menu and so on , until the necessary choices have been made . |
| 24 | The minimum uplift maturity gradient established for the Westphalian ( Fig. 3 ) is based on a composite of several wells each displaying 100–300 ft ( 30–90 m ) of section . |
| 25 | Nizan 's theory of revolutionary literature is based on a rejection of what he globally designates as " classicism " . |
| 26 | However , if there is a significant element of goodwill or the price is based on a multiple of earnings , this should be reflected in a formula similar to that used by the purchaser for calculating the price . |
| 27 | The sum saved is based on a calculation of the average community service costs of all relevant clients at six month and/or 12 month assessment . |
| 28 | The social system is based on a hierarchy within which the most dominant individuals take the greatest share of food . |
| 29 | Like all art forms , music evokes emotion in the listener and whether or not the particular piece of music is to the listener 's liking is based on a number of factors . |
| 30 | The slide away that many people accept as being inevitable is based on a number of assumptions we are conditioned to accept which are reinforced by the comments of others . |