Example sentences of "base on [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a good deal of mythology and misapprehension based on misunderstandings about sound-symbol relationship and its connection with where symbols occur in words . |
| 2 | Derrida 's admirers , and perhaps some disinterested observers , would reject such charges as based on misunderstandings of his work . |
| 3 | We may prefer arrangements based on institutions like the church and the shop but gangs and parties are also forms of social institution , not perhaps quite so easy to break down and displace as ‘ disorganization , would imply . |
| 4 | It was inconceivable that the member states would have agreed , after years of negotiations , to a Common Fisheries Policy based on rules of registration that were themselves incompatible with Community law . |
| 5 | In much of the literature , savings are assumed to be based on rules of thumb . |
| 6 | This implies tasks based on rules for example arithmetic , or on logic , for example fault finding . |
| 7 | These Other Holland holidays are all based on flights from the U.K. to Amsterdam , Schiphol airport , or by rail throughout . |
| 8 | I believe that a ‘ Documenta ’ exhibition should be based on artists of proven worth , or relatively so . |
| 9 | Writing a ‘ philosophical , not a practical , proposition ’ in this week 's British Medical Journal , Mr Drife says feelings about breasts are far from logical and are based on attitudes to sexuality and femininity . |
| 10 | Such judgements should not be based on opinions about the ‘ quality of life ’ as in this case . |
| 11 | Defences based on matters outside the driver 's control such as a dog running into the path of the car or a tree being blown across the road are generally good . |
| 12 | Most serious arguments are based on matters of principle . |
| 13 | Most trivial arguments are said to be based on matters of principle . |
| 14 | He also thought it expedient — for domestic and international reasons — to speak of a " close " , not a " special relationship " , one based on matters of substance . |
| 15 | Calcium antagonists can modify renal haemodynamics ; consequently , trials comparing angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors with calcium antagonists should be based on differences in their renal effects estimated from previous trials in insulin dependent diabetic subjects . |
| 16 | Thus Andre Beteille states that ‘ Natural inequality is based on differences in quality , and qualities are not just there , so to say , in nature ; they are as human beings have defined them , in different societies , in different historical epochs ’ . |
| 17 | By comparing concerns of different stakeholder groups , those differences in concerns are divided between those due to misinformation or poor communication and those which are real issues based on differences in value systems . |
| 18 | But critics argue that comparisons between schools based on differences in aggregated test results will often be unfair and misleading , since these results depend in large part on factors outside the control of schools , notably the social characteristics of the community from which the children are drawn . |
| 19 | The objectives for this CAI programme were based on findings from a study which identified errors commonly contributing to unsuccessful LCS searches . |
| 20 | The resolution , which had deemed the protocols to be " legally invalid and null and void from the moment of their signing " , was based on findings by a Congress commission set up in June [ see p. 36743 ] . |
| 21 | The Supreme Soviet decisions were based on findings by an official commission set up in May 1989 to examine the investigators ' work . |
| 22 | The reawakening of interest in slavery prompted by Mrs Stowe 's writing and her visit to Britain thus encouraged some co-operation , or at least recognition that parallel action based on elements of agreement was taking place amongst different groups of abolitionists . |
| 23 | The table summarises the summer population based on records for late May and June and proven breeding records between 1958 and 1975 . |
| 24 | These figures are based on records for May , June and July only , since winter visitors or passage birds are certainly present in the county from August to April . |
| 25 | The Bill is based on proposals in the Education White Paper Choice and Diversity , published in June which , according to Mr Patten , builds on the success achieved by schools which have already opted out . |
| 26 | Radio Television Hong Kong reported that a bill based on proposals from the Governor , Chris Patten , would appear in the official gazette tomorrow if China still refused to talk by then . |
| 27 | And , perhaps most important from the point of view of Sussex , he was the originator and the editor of a series which will be many of you , largely based on productions from this University , erm involving , comprising six volumes on French literature and its background . |
| 28 | Following the method proposed by Fry ( 1977 ) , she used readability scores based on groups of three 100-word passages , and found disturbing differences . |
| 29 | The introduction of awards based on groups of modules may be a source of unforeseen constraints . |
| 30 | In his annual report to the nation on Nov. 1 setting out goals for the second three years of his six-year presidential term , President Carlos Salinas de Gortari proposed radical reforms of agriculture , the education system and the status of the church based on changes to the 1917 Constitution . |