Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [prep] the basis " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have thus established that PHB mobility in vivo can be explained solely on the basis of the intrinsic material properties of the polymer . |
| 2 | Even these can be criticized only upon the basis of other assumptions . |
| 3 | Decisions can be made periodically on the basis of information gathered so far . |
| 4 | But Malebranche rejected various parts of Descartes 's proof , concluding that theoretically the material world was no more than a possibility , and could be accepted only on the basis of faith . |
| 5 | The problem is that the early lists of historic buildings were done at such a pace that they had to be assessed largely on the basis of their exteriors . |
| 6 | Material provisions whose adequacy can not be assessed objectively on the basis of actual experience either in the run up to completion or within a short period from completion ( so that it may not be reasonable to expect to obtain a retention from the vendors ) ; for example , pension provisions and reserves for goods supplied in previous years . |
| 7 | Validity can therefore be assessed only on the basis of the items which are included . |
| 8 | Nor can this trend be understood simply on the basis of the preferences expressed by older workers . |
| 9 | In extreme cases of ageist practice , certain forms of treatment might be refused purely on the basis of age , and on a cost-benefit assessment of treatment being ‘ wasted ’ on older people with a low life expectancy . |
| 10 | Clearly , if a person has contracted to buy his own goods from someone else , the contract can be set aside on the basis of mistake and any money paid over will be recoverable because of total failure of consideration . |
| 11 | This may be judged simply on the basis of two small echoes : Pope has characters named Simplicius and Papillia , Leapor has Simplicus and Pamphilia . |
| 12 | Of course , it is still a matter of degree as the contract may be concluded specifically on the basis of non-reliance . |
| 13 | It can not be supported purely on the basis of personal factors . |
| 14 | Thus it was submitted that the question whether the death was in this case natural or unnatural was a matter exclusively for the coroner whose decision can be reviewed only on the basis that no coroner could reasonably have reached the conclusion arrived at here . |
| 15 | In other words , in order to obtain an award of damages it is necessary to show a private law wrong ; damages can not be awarded simply on the basis that a governmental body has acted illegally . |
| 16 | A region is mediated in our everyday life in the form of various symbols , which are the same for all individuals in the one region , though the meanings associated with them will always be construed personally on the basis of the individual 's life situation and biography … though the regions of a society obtain their ultimate personal meanings in the practices of everyday life , these meanings can not be totally reduced to experiences that constitute everyday life , since a region bears with it institutionally mediated practices and relations , the most significant being the history of the region as a part of the spatial structure of the society in question . |
| 17 | This is not the fallacy ( although some allege it to be so ) of Nigel Lawson 's exchange rate policy , nor the fallacy ( which others allege ) of the money supply policy which Mrs Thatcher would prefer , but the fallacy of supposing government can be conducted successfully on the basis of ambiguous vacillation . |
| 18 | In the past , it was not even entirely clear whether the tariff should properly be constructed solely on the basis of the seriousness of the current offence , as the Court of Appeal insisted in the case of R . |
| 19 | As with the ‘ over-arching body for audit governance' , a new bureaucracy should be created only on the basis of clear evidence of need . |
| 20 | It is right that water should be improved locally on the basis of what it is to be used for … |
| 21 | Mr. Hacking , for the defendant , also drew attention to sections 24(4) and 28(6) of the Theft Act , which can be required only on the basis that section 15 , in at least some respects , is not dealing with theft . |
| 22 | For example , the increase in the income tax rate needed to finance an expansion of government spending can be predicted only on the basis of the assumed response of households . |