Example sentences of "[verb] as a basis " in BNC.
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| 1 | This paper derives from an analysis of the matrix tables , and is intended as a basis for discussion . |
| 2 | Budgets can also act as a basis for comparing actual performance with a plan , and this comparison can then lead to identifications of variances from the plan which may initiate management action , where variances are undesirable , to ensure that in future periods such deviations do not occur . |
| 3 | The approximation was ( and is ) used as a basis for calculating the date of the paschal moon and hence determining when Easter occurs . |
| 4 | We 've set out the assumptions that erm we used as a basis for our projections in the note in front of you . |
| 5 | Archbishop Wulfstan of York had done his best under Æthelred to rectify social conditions worsened by ravaging , taxation and famine , and produced for the 1018 meeting of Danes and English at Oxford a text " devised according to many good precedents " and intended to be of " advantage in religious and secular matters " which he later used as a basis for his more extensive legal material in Cnut 's name . |
| 6 | The frequent use of metaphor by authors describing the use of citation counts as a basis for value judgements is seen as reflecting the resistance of the citation process to standardisation . |
| 7 | Palestinian , Israeli and Jordanian officials met with US State Department officials between Aug. 7-13 in an attempt to draw up mutually acceptable memoranda of understanding as a basis for the conference . |
| 8 | Detailed recommendations are made about the amount and kind of training in English language teaching appropriate for primary teachers , and for English teachers and teachers of other subjects in secondary schools ; the report 's own model is recommended as a basis for these . |
| 9 | China 's initial response was that the speech could not be considered as a basis for talks " because it has not at all relinquished the concept of the independence of Tibet " , but on Sept. 23 disclosed an offer to hold direct negotiations to which the Dalai Lama responded positively . |
| 10 | " The following elements should be considered as a basis for the decision-making process : the rule of consensus in defining general guidelines , [ and ] in this context , non-participation or abstention so as not to interfere with unanimity ; the possibility of recourse to qualified-majority voting for the implementation of agreed policies . " |
| 11 | The summary may be totally accepted as a basis for decision . |
| 12 | If the staffing ratio of seven pupils to each teacher , recommended in circular 4/73 ( DES 1973 ) , is accepted as a basis for calculating the necessary teaching force for this group , then 1,225 teachers would be required . |
| 13 | The draft of the city wide local plan will be going to the city council in December , and prove of the consultation , but the figures some of you 've seen in our evidence have been a agreed by the the local plan steering group , who sit in council members er across party , committee which has agreed the basic numbers , so the draft allocations which are in our submission , and which we have seen in the schedules yesterday , are accepted as a basis for consultation by the city council but are clearly subject to review . |
| 14 | Thus , for eurobond firms London has offered a pool of suitably trained labour ; in recent years , low levels of personal and corporate taxation ; a reasonable tax regime for financial instruments ( e.g. ability to issue bearer eurobonds that effectively pay interest gross and absence of turnover taxes — a particular handicap for the Swiss ) ; a supply of suitable premises ; the absence , since 1979 , of exchange controls ( although initially exchange controls were seen as an advantage , since eurobonds did not interfere with onshore sterling markets ) ; prudential and monetary regulations that have not historically tended significantly to raise the cost of funds , distort or prevent competition among domestic or international intermediaries ; English law ( widely accepted as a basis for international financial business ) ; the English language ; and political stability . |
| 15 | The potential of Belbin 's analysis for team management includes clarifying team needs when recruiting new members , allocation of roles , identifying training and development needs , constituting new teams and serving as a basis for team review . |
| 16 | This particular interpretation of the word ‘ object ’ was invented as if to make it virtually some sort of fetish , serving as a basis for an entire movement ; and that is what is interesting : found objects , this object , that object . |
| 17 | The principles for the handling of personnel information defined by the Younger Committee were adopted as a basis for the confidentiality requirements of the system . |
| 18 | The Health Department has now asked for a project proposal to be prepared as a basis for providing assistance to introduce the proposed changes during the year ahead . |
| 19 | By applying judgements to the curriculum itself , evaluation by the users of that curriculum can be brought into the classroom , evaluation can be made to serve as a basis for new directions in the process of teaching and learning … it can shape and guide learning and guide decisions within the curriculum process . |
| 20 | A second reason for measurements is the more theoretical , put by Love as " the discovery of numerical relations between the quantities that can be measured … to serve as a basis for the inductive determination of the form of the intrinsic energy function . " |
| 21 | In any case , the British hoped for an American-British-Dominions agreement that could be used as a basis on which to invite other countries to a conference . |
| 22 | The sentencing decision in Billam ( 1986 ) marks out some of the more serious varieties of sexual assault , and this could be used as a basis for introducing a new scheme of three or four graded offences : there are precedents for this in other countries . |
| 23 | It remains to discuss how they might be characterized , interpreted , and used as a basis for further work . |
| 24 | Two major divisions of sponges are distinguished on the composition of the spicules : the glass sponges have a skeleton composed of silica , one of the few examples in nature where this material is used as a basis for a skeleton , while the calcareous sponges use calcium carbonate for their spicules . |
| 25 | These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issues by other life assurance companies or friendly societies . |
| 26 | These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issued by other life assurance companies or Friendly Societies . |
| 27 | These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issued bo other life assurance companies or friendly societies . |
| 28 | These illustrations should not be used as a basis for comparing similar policies issued by other life assurance companies or friendly societies . |
| 29 | In order to enable the JPR to result in action and development , and for it to be used as a basis for discussion the following year , the interview is often summarised and stored in the worker 's personal records . |
| 30 | Prepared videos of realistic interviews are used as a basis for discussion too . |