Example sentences of "[is] based [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our relationship does n't have to do with a cause , Father Tom ; it 's based on fear and guilt and power — like all true relationships . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It 's based on demand . |
| 3 | The warning 's based on research carried out at the Public Health Laboratory in Gloucester after the 'flu epidemic of 1989 . |
| 4 | This system is based on occupation , and people interviewed in market research are usually classified by the occupation of the chief income-earner ( the head ) in their household . |
| 5 | Intended for middle managers with at least two years ' relevant experience it is based on distance learning course and assessment materials which can be integrated with the individual 's work-place activities , thereby minimising career disruptions and maximising the benefits to employee and employer alike . |
| 6 | One is based on distance measures and simulated annealing , the other on the application of heuristic rules to clean the data into a consistent set . |
| 7 | It is based on army issue shovels and although very compact could be used to dig anything from a small surface hole to a trench ! |
| 8 | It is based on Sun 's own Solaris 1.0-to-Solaris 2.0 migration kit Pipeline which SI has licensed and broadened . |
| 9 | As potential managers they will be better equipped to deal with the complexities of management if they realize that accounting is based on judgement and not on absolutes . |
| 10 | Routine , or maintenance , decisions are often , for example , taken at unit level , where present manpower allocation to wards is based on tradition . |
| 11 | Look at India , for example , where life is based on non-action . |
| 12 | Much of Shavante life , in Maybury-Lewis 's words ( 1971 : 104 ) , ‘ is a function of politics , and Shavante politics is based on competition between groups of males ’ . |
| 13 | You are creating a system within the countryside which is based on inequality . |
| 14 | I start by noting that the relationship between banker and customer is one of debtor and creditor and is based on contract . |
| 15 | The second type of rule is based on syntax , and checks for dependency relations such as ( in the case of a noun ) the presence of an associated definite article , personal pronoun , etc . |
| 16 | The US justice system is not based on right and wrong , it is based on black and white . |
| 17 | Yes , well the whole of the nuclear power industry , for example , is based on uranium , plutonium . |
| 18 | Much of what is currently discussed in the media about schools and education in general is based on misinformation and ignorance . |
| 19 | If forms of life exist whose chemistry is based on silicon rather than carbon , or ammonia rather than water , if creatures are discovered that boil to death at — 100 degrees centigrade , if a form of life is found that is not based on chemistry at all but on electronic reverberating circuits , will there still be any general principle that is true of all life ? |
| 20 | Against him are ranged Panama 's middle classes and officers with a grudge : when promotion is based on loyalty rather than ability , there will always be those who advocate a coup . |
| 21 | As this is a negligence action , liability is based on proof of fault . |
| 22 | The research on progress in implementing the Socialist programme of public service renewal is based on documentary sources , as supplemented by personal interviews with officials conducted by the author . |
| 23 | High-efficiency cell : Like the conventional cell , the high-efficiency cell ( Saturn ) is based on monocrystalline silicon . |
| 24 | ( Correlation is based on biostratigraphy and continuous Gamma Ray Attenuation Porosity Evaluator ( GRAPE ) data , as well as lithostratigraphy ) . |
| 25 | People assume our relationship is based on sex . |
| 26 | That , however , leaves the BCG with a problem , because the logic of its matrix is based on cost leadership through the experience curve . |
| 27 | Individualised nursing is based on knowledge of a patient 's individuality . |
| 28 | Specifically , he argues that intentions are a form of generative transmission , and that children 's causal reasoning about actions ( like their causal reasoning about events ) is based on knowledge of generative transmission . |
| 29 | I accept Mr. Lester 's submissions , but my main reason for reaching this conclusion is based on principle . |
| 30 | Her life is based on hope . |