Example sentences of "based on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is based on the agreed belief that a regular count of several basic demographic factors is vital for an understanding of the structure of our society , and at each census it is customary to ask certain specific questions which deal with current matters of special importance . |
| 2 | The net loss and net tangible assets for ADS are based on the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue during the year as shown in Note 7 on page 22 . |
| 3 | But it is parallel with the grammatical rules , and is based on the repetitive routines of initiated persons in the society under description . |
| 4 | At best it provides us with a partial and intensely partisan perspective because it is keenly committed to the view from the top — to the view of those who are more in control than controlled , and who are , therefore , centrally concerned to secure political stability and sustain a particular pattern of economic relations based on the economic order of capitalism and the free market . |
| 5 | He suggested that there should be a new relationship with the rest of Canada based on the economic interdependence of Quebec with Ontario and a common system of currency and taxation . |
| 6 | However , the remaining intervals have very different qualities : Dissonances based on the major 2nd and its inversions ( minor 7th and major 9th ) are milder than the harsh effect of the semitone and its inversions ( major 7th and minor 9th ) . |
| 7 | His choreography is firmly based on the authentic folk and flamenco dances he studied in Spain . |
| 8 | The Assam government had filed a suit in the Supreme Court arguing that its boundary with Nagaland should be based on the 1925 boundaries of the then Naga Hills district . |
| 9 | This appeared to be based on the geographical location of their offices , although the structure of the firm may also have been a factor . |
| 10 | Such a policy is clearly unlawful discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 because it differentiates between men and women , even though it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 11 | It is still important to see if specifying an age range could be indirect discrimination and it is important to bear in mind that differential age criteria are always likely to be direct discrimination even if it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 12 | Based on the simple concept of maintaining balance in a bridge , it managed this without being intrinsically sensitive to loudspeaker load impedance variations . |
| 13 | It 'll probably be based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol . |
| 14 | The most generally accepted mechanism of evolutionary change is the modern version of Darwinian natural selection , based on the simple propositions that ( a ) like begets like , though with minor , essentially chance , variations ; ( b ) all organisms are capable of producing more offspring than actually can survive to maturity and reproduce in their turn ; ( c ) those offspring that do survive to reproduce must in some way be variants that are better adapted to their environment than those that fail ; and ( d ) those favoured variants are likely to reproduce the favourable variation in their own offspring . |
| 15 | Yes , competitive tendering is based on the simple proposition that health service managers are trained to manage health care institutions , not laundries or cleaning forces . |
| 16 | This was part of a wider strategy throughout the public sector which was based on the simple ideological premise that the private sector had everything to teach the public sector and nothing to learn . |
| 17 | It is based on the simple proposition of self-defence : if you are verbally attacked , you are entitled to strike back with some vehemence to defend your reputation . |
| 18 | The practice then was based on the Poor Law 's philosophy of restricting or stopping altogether contact between children in public or voluntary care and their parents because , it was argued , the latter were a bad influence on the children ( Checkland and Checkland , 1974 ) . |
| 19 | As its name implies , the m-derived section is based on the constant-k section with which is cascaded and it is customary to refer to the undeveloped constant-k section as the prototype . |
| 20 | The purely linear progression through the text based on the successive identification of lexies is a major contribution to the maintaining of the text 's plurality . |
| 21 | Most of the heads ' experiences had been based on the former , although some of the schools had experienced formula funding since April 1988 . |
| 22 | The embodiment of light is masculine , that of the dark is feminine , and thus a religion based on the former will tend to be served by priests , and one based on the latter by priestesses . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , estimates of W based on the visible stars and galaxies were , at the time , much lower : around W=0.01 . |
| 24 | The important point here , however , is that , while Hodder stresses that the example he gives is ‘ idealized ’ and that the interest charge is often based on the undepreciated investment balance , he shows that imputed interest does enter the investment decision-making process of many Japanese companies . |
| 25 | The word processor also has a couple of bonus features — a thesaurus and spell checker based on the concise versions from Harper Collins . |
| 26 | Franklin 's latest product is the Electronic Encyclopaedia , based on the Concise Columbia Encyclopaedia . |
| 27 | John Irvine , Ben Martin and Geoff Oldham at SPRU have found that most decisions about research grants are still based on the time-honoured ‘ peer review ’ system : a researcher 's proposals are sent to a handful of experts engaged in similar research . |
| 28 | Essentially his proposals were a rationalisation of existing insurance schemes , based on the time-honoured principle of contributions from employee , employer and the State . |
| 29 | It seems to be based on the implicit assumption that women who reject dieting and respond to their bodies ' hunger can have no role to play in their own , or anybody else 's , fantasies . |
| 30 | Both the theory and the methodology are based on the implicit assumption that the communicative experience of white middle class males is prototypical … the experience of women , other ethnic groups and classes are treated as deviations … |