Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the basis " in BNC.

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1 These components are interpreted in social terms after the analysis by considering the social characteristics of the speakers who have been sorted on the basis of their linguistic behaviour into the two groups ( periphery and core ) which emerge in Figure 6.1 .
2 But its policies have never been attacked on the basis of her leadership .
3 The accumulated rights , earned on the basis of Peru 's performance under its IMF-monitored adjustment programme , would then be encashed as the first disbursement under a successor IMF-supported programme .
4 For example , agricultural production might be organised on the basis of the master-slave relationship , as in Ancient Rome or in the southern states of the USA , or based on the lord serf relationship , as in feudal Europe , or on the capitalist-proletarian relationship , as in modern Western societies .
5 The sentence may occur in speech as a borrowing from the syntax of writing , but speech , typically , is organised on the basis of clausal complexes which are not sentences .
6 Carzo and Yanouzas suggested that if work is organised on the basis of small groups or project teams ( therefore narrow spans of control and a tall organisation structure ) group members would be able to plan their work in an orderly manner , encourage participation by all group members in decision-making and monitor the consequences of their decisions better , so that their performance will be more efficient than the work of groups in a flat structure with a wide span of control .
7 Shiftworking employees are organised on the basis of ‘ time of day ’ .
8 I want to ensure that the genuine claims of those who are in need are dealt with properly , promptly and accurately , I do not want campaigns to be organised on the basis that people sign a piece of paper that has been delivered to them by a welfare rights organisation .
9 A trust can not be claimed on the basis of the words ‘ See that you look after the fields , and so it will come about that my son may give you your sons . ’
10 Certain Western journalists claimed on the basis of Soviet sources that ‘ Moscow would much prefer a negotiated settlement which would involve the ‘ Finlandisation ’ of Afghanistan along neutral lines ' to a large increase in Soviet troops deployed in Afghanistan .
11 For perchlorate , it appears that at least in aqueous solution a symmetrically-hydrated ion is formed , as only a single ν 3 bands is seen ; for other oxyanions , however , distortions attributed to hydrogen-bond formation have been claimed on the basis of splittings of ν 3 bands .
12 Amnesty International , barred from visiting India since 1984 , claimed on the basis of information obtained from sources in the local press and human rights organizations that the country 's legal system , free press and civil liberties bodies were powerless to curb widespread and " routine " police torture .
13 If the plaintiff can not establish that the breach of duty was a material contributory cause of his damage , could the question be approached on the basis of loss of chance ?
14 Following a method which has been successfully piloted , children will be grouped on the basis of individual pre-tests so that their initial explanations are either in agreement or in conflict .
15 Although individuals may be grouped on the basis of various variable scores , this is almost always without regard for their position within the social structure .
16 ( D ) That this Agreement shall not apply in any case where a policy is underwritten on the basis that the Insured is responsible for the payments of sums up to a predetermined aggregate amount .
17 In the case of a policy underwritten on the basis of ‘ New for Old ’ or an agreed value , any payment should be regarded as the net outlay of the Direct Insurer and should be accepted without question by the other Insurer .
18 If today we follow scientific analysis , the peoples of the non-industrial world discriminated on the basis of sensory perception .
19 Thus gestures in the direction of participation are very rarely premissed on the basis of any considered political theory , much less on the adoption of any fundamental moral position .
20 Both sides welcomed the Vietnamese commitment to withdraw their troops from Kampuchea ; the level of armed forces along the Sino-Soviet border would be reduced to a minimum , and any remaining territorial differences would be resolved on the basis of international law .
21 In most cases , however , the conflict will be resolved on the basis that the party which sends out its terms of business last will make the final counter offer which may be accepted by conduct — for instance , the seller may accept the buyer 's offer by supplying goods ; the buyer may accept the seller 's offer to supply by retaining and accepting goods delivered .
22 Among other findings , this produced five cases of young leukaemia within eight miles of the plant over the period 1979–84 , where less than one would have been expected on the basis of national rates .
23 When a reaches zero ( when λ , the outcome of the CS , matches V , what is expected on the basis of the CS ) , no further conditioning will be possible .
24 But in inner-city areas , car ownership is lower than would be expected on the basis of affluence , given both the very small average household size and the better availability of public transport .
25 Surveying reports on the relevant customary behaviour in 350 separate ‘ societies ’ , Tylor was able to demonstrate that , when the newlyweds set up house with the wife 's kin , avoidance behaviour between the latter and the husband occurred more frequently than could be expected on the basis of mere chance .
26 During 1963–83 and 1984–90 the incidence of malignant disease , particularly lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas , in young people aged 0–24 in Seascale was higher than would be expected on the basis of either national rates or those for the surrounding areas .
27 As expected on the basis of the hypothesis proposed above , that the relationship between maternal age and chances of child survival may depend upon the status of the mortality transition , it was found that , in those regions where overall infant mortality is relatively low ( under 100 per 1,000 live births ) , the likelihood that an infant will survive until its first birthday is greatest if the child 's mother was 20 to 29 years old when it was born .
28 The spectra of solid samples often contain more bands than expected on the basis of the molecular symmetry of single , isolated molecules .
29 The presence of a methylation-free island in the human NF-L gene expected on the basis of high GC content was confirmed by Southern blot analysis .
30 The disposal of run off from most types of terrace needs careful construction of a system of drains and channels usually designed on the basis of calculations ( or informed guesses ) on the probability of the intensity and duration of storms .
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