Example sentences of "basis for [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But there is no basis for deducing a calculated attempt to embarrass the leadership .
2 The degrees offered by the department provide a good basis for entering a number of professions , such as teaching in universities , art schools ( especially for those with a combined practical and academic degree ) , colleges and schools , working in museums and galleries , in publishing and in the book trade in general , in auction houses , in arts administration at local or national level , and in the conservation and display of ancient monuments .
3 However , the basis for drawing the graph depends on many uncertainties and is very fragile , and while it shows the potential contribution of die studies and studies of output to our understanding of ancient economies , it is far from certain that it is historically accurate .
4 These differences in taste , which are equally evident in a wide range of media — for example , a preference for ‘ difficult ’ as opposed to popular music — provide the basis for unearthing a deep classificatory device which Bourdieu identifies as an example of that ‘ habitus ’ described in chapter 6 .
5 This led to the ability to span roofs with stone vaulting at an early date — a field in which England led the way — and , also , to provide a sound basis for supporting a massive central tower which , in later times , also carried a spire .
6 When the four remaining parts of the lower dome have been built high enough to form a complete circle within the walls of the square , this circle provides the basis for supporting the actual dome .
7 Instead , it was described solely as " the basis for elaborating a new constitution for the RSFSR and for the conclusion of a new Union treaty " [ see also below ] .
8 The European currency unit ( ECU ) is used as a basis for calculating a central rate for each member s currency .
9 In addition , the Medway Letter Line is the basis for calculating the cost benefit of all schemes carried out on rivers by water authorities and other organizations .
10 The approximation was ( and is ) used as a basis for calculating the date of the paschal moon and hence determining when Easter occurs .
11 Coordination or control of management information systems , inter alia , to provide the basis for calculating the cost of resources , and establishing effective monitoring and control mechanisms throughout .
12 Tests by the American Association of State Highway Officials in the early 1960s are the basis for calculating the damage to roads .
13 If the staffing ratio of seven pupils to each teacher , recommended in circular 4/73 ( DES 1973 ) , is accepted as a basis for calculating the necessary teaching force for this group , then 1,225 teachers would be required .
14 I am confident that Government policies provide , and will continue to provide , an appropriate basis for meeting the high expectations that society has for the future .
15 My suggestion is that impartiality of one type or another and perhaps other qualities of decision-makers might be the basis for regarding the law as a locus of moral authority .
16 Secondly , if knowledgeable doctors in good faith adopt differing practices , there is a pragmatic basis for regarding the issue as unresolved .
17 These multi-word islands were then used , much as the seed words in HWIM , as the basis for expanding the interpretation according to top-down predictions .
18 Sonar made interesting contacts but could not identify them directly , while passive underwater photography ( photographing whatever passes a given spot ) had the potential to reveal essential detail but could not be expected to make contact without a much sounder basis for deploying the cameras .
19 The legislation is now likely to prove the basis for implementing the referendum it failed to forestall .
20 The committee recognised that there was increasing use of the ‘ f ’ spelling in English publications and that there was no good etymological basis for preferring the ‘ ph ’ spelling .
21 Undertake a comprehensive survey of members ' professional activities and interests as a basis for involving a larger proportion of members in Institute affairs.PS
22 The counselling , assisting , directing , and monitoring on the AEC give substance to the aims of support and surveillance and provide the basis for establishing a model of probation practice .
23 A Soviet statement in March 1958 had called for the establishment of collective security in both Europe and Asia as a basis for destroying the Western-inspired pacts , NATO and SEATO .
24 It is not yet known whether research would confirm these hypotheses of the character of certain distinct twentieth-century paranational cultural formations , though they provide an initial basis for considering the contradictory character of the history of the avant-garde movements : that they represent sharp and even violent breaks with received and traditional practices ( a dissidence or revolt rather than a literal avant garde ) ; and yet that they become ( in ways separable from the important facts of their dilution and commercial exploitation ) the dominant culture of a succeeding metropolitan and paranational period .
25 Erm I would have liked to have produced some er tables and diagrams to go with this document , but you will appreciate within the time that we had available , erm that there was insufficient time available to er to prepare that but hopefully that will give you er a basis for considering the , relative merits of the various a various erm sectors around York .
26 Their hydrostatic mechanisms proved a serviceable and effective basis for building a variety of bodies , but not susceptible in the end to spectacular development .
27 The information and recommendations contained in the report provide an excellent basis for building the flexible and responsive approach in relation to Europe which will be required over the next few years .
28 In the United Sterling case the basis for dismissing the motion was that there was no evidence that the defendant was given any special information which he ought to have regarded as a separate part of his stock of knowledge which an honest employee would have recognised as property of the employer .
29 This detailed archive report attempts to explain what each group of contexts represents — buildings , structures , rubbish deposits , and so on — and is used as the basis for writing a more concise report for publication .
30 It is not about explaining what is , but rather seeks to give an account of what is as the basis for developing a set of practices for getting us to what might be .
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