Example sentences of "based [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They propose that a bonus be paid which is based upon an approximation to the change in social welfare.4 Specifically , the " incentive component " of the managerial emolument package that they propose for period t is given by a function of the increase in profits and the decrease in price between period t-1 and period t : Such an area is represented in figure 4.5 by the shaded portion , as can be seen by noting that the first term represents the rectangle ABCD and the second , the area under the marginal cost curve unc between unc and unc ( i.e. the integral
2 This method is based upon an algorithm to determine the likelihood that two adjacent words are truly a collocation , rather than an accidental association .
3 Hence investment plans should be based upon an output of unc selling at
4 Based upon an interpretation of the past Britain tended to give high priority to defence and security .
5 It does , however , clearly reject any approach requiring first resort to the Convention , whether based upon an interpretation of the Convention text or on comity , as a blanket rule .
6 This process of identification and analysis may be carried out in a number of ways , for instance : * by Using intuition based upon an interpretation of existing knowledge of the market ; * by Using any of the wide array of market research techniques , based on internal sources of information about the market , and field research .
7 The matter is raised here as one of principle , since individual decisions must rest with the adoption agency , and ultimately the courts , based upon an assessment of the suitability of the couple involved .
8 One part would be based upon GDP per capita relative to the EC average , and the other part would be based upon an index of population .
9 These differences arise from orthodox economics treating its subject matter as being a purely technical problem , whilst the Marxian approach is one that is based upon an analysis of class relationships .
10 ( 1986 ) presented some data based upon an analysis of the General Household Survey .
11 3.21 The Working Party 's Guidelines are expressed to be based upon an analysis of cases reported up to September 1991 .
12 Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ?
13 As she points out : Remarkably little research has been carried out on the question of how these filters operate , and by whom they are operated , yet any policies aimed at harmonizing the interests of agriculture , conservation and recreation in the countryside must be based upon an understanding of this problem .
14 It 's based upon an environment called Fresco , which has been developed by Professor Mark Linton , now principal researcher at Silicon Graphics Inc .
15 Others made commitments to offer their " casuals " a minimum level of work , which made the relationship inconsistent with one based upon an absence of obligation .
16 Or again it may have been based upon an assumption : for example , ‘ As there is an effective alternative , I refuse to have a blood transfusion . ’
17 The Minister 's choice was based upon an examination of the Registers of Exchequer , by which it appeared ‘ that the owners of much of the greater part of the property in the district interest themselves for Mr. Lapslie ’ , who accordingly obtained the presentation regardless of the fact that two of Lapslie 's supporters were not members of the Church of Scotland .
18 Well , can I , can I broadly welcome erm this scheme and the preceding two schemes these schemes and the areas were chosen by an independent consultant based upon an accident record .
19 Some 4,000 media workers covering the conference were based in an exhibition hall 2 km away , where the proceedings were relayed on to a giant screen .
20 That community not only traverses frontiers , to form an invisible college ; it also extends , for some subjects , beyond institutions of higher education to include research institutes , industrial laboratories , professionals working in the field , and the individual scholar who ( no longer based in an institution ) still goes on contributing to the literature .
21 There are two typefaces ; Palatino and Avant Garde , and with everything based on an 11pt leading , we can avoid the single most common failure , column alignment .
22 Selection for grammar schools was based on an intelligence test known as the " Eleven-plus " examination , taken , as the name suggests , when primary schoolchildren reached the age of 11 , i.e. , at the end of their primary education .
23 Here we can see a rather different perspective on the human alienation which Lukács describes ; in Foucault 's account , Marxism 's attempt to reproduce the totality in itself falls within the terms of his argument by which totalizing theories of history are based on an anxiety derived from the break-up of its unity .
24 The process is thus based on an ability to define and interpret the many possible and desirable relationships that can exist between two orthogonal domains .
25 T A Instruments has introduced the Thermal Analyst 2200 , a controller/data analyser , based on an IBM PS/2 Model 90SX 486 computer .
26 Although not a thoroughbred GIS , this package , based on an IBM PC , does make use of map data and site plans can be displayed .
27 When the Sparcstation 10 was originally launched , much was made of the built in ISDN interface based on an AT&T chip set .
28 It 's based on an allowance of 1200cals a day , which should produce a good , steady rate of weight loss for most moderately overweight women ( men should allow an extra 300cals a day ) .
29 • Send us your ideas and design for your dream set-up based on an expenditure of £250 , plus the coupon we 'll print .
30 The server software for a system based on an ICL Series 39 DX 130/10 is £2,800 ; clients on the same kit are from £2,100 .
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