Example sentences of "[be] based [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In perception , you tend to find models of perception that 're based on top down or bottom processing . |
| 2 | They 're based on nativity scenes taken from stained glass windows , and for at least one local church it 's meant a thousand-pound Christmas bonus . |
| 3 | The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) . |
| 4 | To date most stratification schemes have been based on exercise testing , Hotter recordings and coronary arteriography though a number of newer variables have been recently investigated . |
| 5 | The personal element in the Anglo-American special relationship , which had been based on war-time partnership , started to crumble with the departure of Eisenhower from the White House , and had to be painstakingly rebuilt with the younger generation of American leaders . |
| 6 | Many of the criticisms of Davis and Moore 's views have been based on evidence which indicates that no stratification system operates as their theory argues . |
| 7 | Man has been training birds of prey since ancient times and I am in no doubt that success has always been based on patience , mutual trust and observation . |
| 8 | It is likely that there was also a sense that higher education on a wider basis could be provided more cheaply outside the universities , though it is likely that at the time any such view would have been based on guesswork rather than hard information . |
| 9 | First , the analogy itself is rather stretched since many local government services , particularly in education and welfare , unlike those delivered by central government ( for example , through social security ) , have always been based on discretion and variation between individuals and not on standardization in accordance with clearly identified rules . |
| 10 | The UK took the view that it should have been based on Article 100 of the Treaty of Rome ( general harmonisation of national laws ) , which requires unanimity ( in which case the adverse vote of the UK could have prevented the Directive being adopted ) . |
| 11 | The economy and marketing had been based on barter from way back in the fourth century , so this was not new . |
| 12 | In recent times , the argument for determinism has been based on science . |
| 13 | These were initially in volume ( i.e. real opportunity cost ) terms , but since 1976 management techniques have increasingly been based on cash , i.e. what has to be paid out at current prices . |
| 14 | the fact that the valuation has been based on information given ; |
| 15 | She has been based at home for the last 10 years , collecting water , doing the cooking and waiting to get married . |
| 16 | erm , this is a , a case which er deals with er the issue of the suspension of a measure based upon community law , whether a national court , when a measure has been based upon community law has power to suspend it , now my Lord the er issue in was erm involved er the er decision of er the German government er to give effect to er a community regulation in the sugar sector which er required er that levies should be er obtained from sugar companies , so it was a very direct er implementation of community law erm in that sense different to the matter before your Lordship , but we rely on it by analogy and in , in this case my Lord er you will see it 's in the supplementary bundle of authorities , the extra bundle because , before your Lordship , in that case your Lordship will see er between paragraphs fifteen and thirty three er the er European court indicating that where a measure that has been based upon a community er , er law is challenged before a national court that the national court er should er only er engage in the er , er suspension of such a measure , erm if there is serious doubt er this is erm my Lord er at er paragraph twenty three of the case er and we say that er if you look at the criterions they are not dissimilar from those that have been adopted by the House of Lords as a matter of English law in the case |
| 17 | All information relating to , and explanations of , the past financial results of the Group have been based upon information believed to be reliable . |
| 18 | For most of the past 100 years our teacher education has been based in specialist colleges . |
| 19 | Thus the equities in these businesses are based at present on net asset value : that is , the value of the leases or freeholds , the furniture , the carpets , computer equipment and so on . |
| 20 | Both are based at risley . |
| 21 | Both divisions are based at group headquarters , as is the React Centre . |
| 22 | All prices quoted in this brochure are based on exchange rates published in the Financial Times of 25/07/89 and are as follows ( in foreign currency value per £1 ) : |
| 23 | Half board prices are based on twin rooms which can take two extra sofa beds . |
| 24 | ( i ) The presence or absence of residual ischaemia ( ii ) The safe heart rate to which the patient can exercise ( iii ) The likelihood of arrhythmias developing during exercise ( iv ) The blood pressure response to exercise ( some patients show a paradoxical fall in blood pressure with exercise , and this is an adverse prognostic feature and may result in the patient developing quite severe orthostatic hypotension after an exercise session ) ( v ) Current fitness level from which the patient 's exercise tolerance can be derived Most hospital-based or community-based exercise programmes for coronary patients are based on circuit training . |
| 25 | The standards , drawn up by the UK Ecolabelling Board , concern washing machines and dishwashers , and are based on consumption of water , electricity and detergent . |
| 26 | Members of the upper strata in a meritocracy deserve their position ; their privileges are based on merit . |
| 27 | Terrines and pâtés are both creations of haute cuisine — keep away from those which are based on offal and pork — good substitutes are light chicken terrines , fish and vegetable versions . |
| 28 | European Community telecommunications ministers yesterday agreed the legislation intended to ensure that voice telephone services are provided in an open and efficient way across the Community , Reuter reports from Brussels : the legislation , which must be reviewed by the European Parliament before it becomes final , would improve access of users to public telephone networks and impose rules or objectives in areas such as prices , contracts and billing ; it would establish the principle that prices are based on cost , rather than cross-subsidy — in many countries , long distance calls subsidise local calls ; France won agreement on changes that would enable tariffs to be adjusted to ensure ‘ cohesion ’ within a state — in order to cover things like service to remote areas ; the ministers are also due this week to debate the controversial plans to liberalise the telecommunications market by 1998 . |
| 29 | The new qualifications at levels II and III are based on Workplace Assessed Units : |
| 30 | Charges are based on distance . |