Example sentences of "[vb base] on the basis " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Lincoln and McBride ( 1987 : 304 ) suggest on the basis of their extensive survey of the research literature , a ‘ particularly perplexing but strong and consistent finding from numerous work attitude surveys is the low level of job satisfaction reported by the Japanese ’ . |
| 2 | conclude on the basis of recent work on tachistoscopic word recognition that , at least with single-syllable words exposed one at a time to left or right visual hemifield , artefacts due to directional scanning contribute little if anything to hemifield asymmetry . |
| 3 | Might not what we acquire on the basis of sense-experience , knowledge of the appearances of things , count as knowledge ? |
| 4 | Polls Apart ? a study of voting patterns conducted by the Centre for Policy on Ageing found that older people do not vote on the basis of self-interest ( eg pensions ) ; they vote on the basis of issues like defence , education and health like the rest of us . |
| 5 | Given this , we must recognize that knowledge of appearances is not , in itself , such a worthless thing ; what we know on the basis of sense-experience is perfectly good for many purposes . |
| 6 | Most hotels operate on the basis that unless previously notified by the guest that they will be a late arrival , the accommodation will be released for reletting if the guest fails to arrive by 6 p.m . |
| 7 | Here it is proposed that in acquiring the meanings of words , children operate on the basis of two fundamental principles — the Principle of Conventionality , and the Principle of Contrast . |
| 8 | Naturally , the Northern Ireland departments operate on the basis of legislation passed before the demise of Stormont . |
| 9 | Consciousness and , and the ego operate on the basis of what Freud called the secondary process . |
| 10 | Of course , the employers contributed to the TOPS scheme on the basis that such contributions would fund the pension rights of their employees . |
| 11 | we concede on the basis of the exercises that have been discussed so far , I think you will find it very difficult to make a firm recommendation in favour of a specific location. , albeit on a district basis . |
| 12 | Some employers recruit on the basis of interviews held in hotels as visiting recruitment forums . |
| 13 | It was not until 1936 that any court sustained a plea of autrefois convict on the basis of a finding of guilt alone . |
| 14 | The submission that Selby make on the basis of constraints , of which I 've referred to earlier , |
| 15 | Some techniques , such as cost analysis and cost minimisation analysis , proceed on the basis that the alternatives under consideration have been shown to be equivalent in effectiveness . |
| 16 | As we have previously noticed , they will perceive the message within his own frame of reference and proceed on the basis from the known to the unknown . |
| 17 | Most of the discussions about the relationships between class , state , economy and civil society proceed on the basis of a ‘ unitary conception ’ of the working class . |
| 18 | Darlington is well provided with Catholic schools and as Father Cademan is a member of the Diocesan Schools Commission and was until recently a county councillor , one might ask why did recent rebuilding proceed on the basis of an under-estimation of demand ? |
| 19 | In the public-spending round of Government it is certainly true that departments overbid on the basis that when it comes to the crunch they can bring the bid down without damage . |
| 20 | In this context , although Mr Lawson supports the ERM , he too would be , no doubt , a narrow-minded nationalist when faced with the prospect of European Monetary Union , as would increasing numbers of German economists who argue on the basis of economic research that EMU is not necessarily an attractive option . |
| 21 | But since the biologists operate within the quantitative framework of statistically based natural science , while the socio-cultural anthropologists mostly argue on the basis of intuition , communication between the two sides is very difficult . |
| 22 | Instead , it seems likely that voters choose on the basis of their experience , particularly of recent events . |
| 23 | It is a condition of KPMG making the announcement and Offer on the basis described above that the terms of the Offer shall be agreed in advance by the Board of Target and that irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer , addressed to Client [ and/or KPMG ] , and in a form approved by KPMG , have been received in respect of shares of Target carrying over 50 per cent . |
| 24 | start on the basis of going through page twelve . |
| 25 | Er I presume on the basis that Selby district council have expressed a support for them . |
| 26 | It was paralleled by a Council of Ministers whose main function would be to take action and legislate on the basis of the Commission 's proposals . |
| 27 | We work on the basis that we are not inflicting a footpath on the countryside but developing a footpath that is part and parcel of the landscape . |
| 28 | To calculate the pleats-and-spacing arrangement , work on the basis of one curtain . |
| 29 | A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance . |
| 30 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |