Example sentences of "is based [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Verbivore the focus is switched from the principles on which high technology is based to the media through which it is transmitted . |
| 2 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 3 | Its daring conception , ideal in the highest sense of the word , is based on the purest truth , and wrought out with the concentrated knowledge of a life , its colour is almost perfect , not one false or morbid hue in any part or line , and so modulated that every square inch of canvas is a perfect composition ; its drawing is as accurate as fearless ; the ship buoyant , bending , and full of motion ; its tones as true as they are wonderful ; and the whole picture dedicated to the most sublime of subjects and impressions … the power , majesty and deathfulness of the open , deep , illimitable sea . |
| 4 | Barton does investigate the actor 's work in a more contemporary way and the book is based on the TV series of the same name . |
| 5 | It is based on the theme of protestant liberty , which is consciously contrasted with catholic authoritarianism . |
| 6 | This is based on the number of rooms in the hotel , not its tariff . |
| 7 | The help is based on the actual community charge set in your area in 1991–92 . |
| 8 | All dance is based on the same principles and rules which are dictated by the anatomical capacity for movement found in the human body . |
| 9 | It is , however , easy to recognise that the choreography for The Three-Cornered Hat has greater authenticity because it is based on the folk and flamenco dance Massine had studied in Spain . |
| 10 | The whole performance is based on the classical vocabulary of steps shorn of every convention so that he can go ‘ swifter than an arrow from an archer 's bow ’ . |
| 11 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |
| 12 | Cathy Newman , author of the report , which is based on the project 's first two years of operation , from 1985-87 , said : ‘ Many of those involved in prostitution , particularly females , were the victims of physical abuse from the pimps they worked with . |
| 13 | Current practice so far is based on the notion that some sponsorship is harmless . |
| 14 | O'Connor points out that demands for the game in Budapest is based on the dangerous presumption that the Republic will beat Northern Ireland — a result they have yet to achieve after three meetings . |
| 15 | This is why a great deal of the best police research is based on the ethnographic methods of participant observation and in-depth interviewing , and why workers in several other unusual , off-beat , difficult , or demanding occupations have been studied ethnographically , such as lorry drivers ( Hollowell 1968 ) , coal-miners ( Dennis et al . |
| 16 | That is , policing is experiential : it is based on the common sense that is built up from doing the job , and senior constables have some influence on the meaning which new recruits give this ‘ common sense ’ . |
| 17 | However , the royalty is based on the retail price less VAT and a percentage of the packaging charge , to which record companies require artists to contribute . |
| 18 | The simple ironic reading is based on the assumption that the high Shakespearian allusions are really inapposite . |
| 19 | The Scarabee d'Or is based on the upcoming AX 4wd and , says Heuliez , is a homage to the first crossing of the Sahara , led by Andre Citroen in December 1922 . |
| 20 | The latest , the ‘ Nordic Blue metallic ’ Neon , is based on the City with the addition of inevitable graphics , plus chrome bumpers and door handles . |
| 21 | This alternative is based on the observations in ( 2 ) above that ultradian rhythms arise after removal of the SCN . |
| 22 | In this case it is based on the Parachute Regiment 's 2nd Battalion ( 2 PARA ) , supported by light armoured vehicles of the Life Guards , gunners from 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ( 7 PARA RHA ) , engineers from ? |
| 23 | The new treatment is based on the combination of the bone marrow and the AZT drug , which is being widely used on Aids victims . |
| 24 | It is a bit of a labour seeing this daft C movie last thing before Christmas , especially since it is based on the DC Comic series , which was beautifully drawn and imaginatively based on the Beauty and the Beast story . |
| 25 | It is based on the so-called ‘ main guidelines ’ adopted by the Soviet parliament last September after it had rejected the widely acclaimed Shatalin plan . |
| 26 | This type of equality , however , is based on the male norm . |
| 27 | It is based on the assumption that the sacred is better than the secular , that the Church is essentially European and only universal by implication , that celibacy is better than marriage , that belief can not go hand in hand with doubt , that the clerical state is more sublime than the lay , and hence that women are excluded from belonging at the level at which this belonging is most valued . |
| 28 | Psychologists used to think that the affection-love bond that a baby has for its mother is based on the fact that the mother provides food and satisfies the infant 's hunger drive . |
| 29 | In electronics , an oscillatory circuit is based on the reciprocal charging and discharging of a condensor through an inductance . |
| 30 | One calculation , offered by opponents of Darwin 's theory , is based on the improbability of an object as complex as a living organism arising by chance . |