Example sentences of "basis for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view that the punishments are , potentially , things that may happen to us provides a selfish ( and , therefore , suitably utilitarian ) basis for a concern with humanity and the rights of the individual offender . |
| 2 | Accordingly , many negotiations took place within the IMF ( especially through the so-called committee of twenty ) in an attempt to find some generally acceptable basis for a return to such a system . |
| 3 | The thought that our body is our greatest asset is a very precarious basis for a relationship . |
| 4 | We must have things in common as a basis for a relationship . |
| 5 | In a hectic 10 years from 1947 , this self-effacing designer laid the basis for a prestige brand which to this day encapsulates the fashion verve and innate stylishness of France . |
| 6 | Its institutional imprecision and evident anachronism weakened it as the basis for a compromise settlement ; whatever its intention , the fate of the Persian Manifesto was to serve as a base from which to sally against liberalism and all its works . |
| 7 | 2 The purpose of this script is to provide the basis for a video which will be used to teach English as a foreign language and as such is based on the syllabus of — by — . |
| 8 | The course is designed to provide a sound academic basis for a variety of careers , fostering skills which are much in demand in today 's society . |
| 9 | Endorsement of the Ericsson approach has come from the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , which says that it plans to use it as the basis for a pilot network . |
| 10 | This platform could therefore be used as the basis for a core curriculum from which various material is developed and structures created . |
| 11 | In fact , paragraph 6 of the Schedule does provide that a defendant charged under the Act can apply to the Crown Court at any time after the notice of transfer has been served , and the judge must dismiss the charge unless satisfied that there is sufficient evidential basis for a conviction . |
| 12 | It may well be argued that the government was able to defeat the General Strike by its propaganda campaigns , the arrest of Communist activists , the use of volunteers and by sheer patience , in allowing the General Council 's Negotiating Committee to spend several futile days negotiating the Samuel Memorandum in the hope that it would provide a basis for a settlement . |
| 13 | The Moscow agreement could have offered the basis for a settlement had the United States and the Soviet Union cooperated and had the bulk of opinion in Korea accepted it . |
| 14 | In an apparent reversal of recent policy [ see pp. 37855 ; 38194 ] , mujaheddin leaders agreed on July 30 to consider a UN peace plan [ see p. 38194 ] as " a possible basis for a settlement for the Afghanistan problem " . |
| 15 | The 1/CTR-900 board provides the basis for a development system that includes SCSI II and Ethernet . |
| 16 | The 1/CTR-900 board provides the basis for a development system that includes SCSI II and Ethernet . |
| 17 | We shall examine the experience of signing TAs , to pick out some of the practical problems that have arisen to lay the basis for a discussion of future directions . |
| 18 | On the Isle of Axholme , where little wool was produced , hemp was the basis for a spinning and weaving industry , which Provided a useful sideline for the average peasant , and a basic livelihood for the poor . |
| 19 | Practitioners seem to accept that worthy cases of mercy killing invariably have this outcome , but this informal approach provides the defendant with no legal basis for a defence — he or she is truly at the mercy of the psychiatrists , the prosecutor , and the judge . |
| 20 | You 're likely to need to attend on a regular basis for a couple of years . |
| 21 | The priority , I think , is a good leaflet which can be used as the basis for a mailing and for sharing with Christian Aid 's partners and your contacts . |
| 22 | Article 36 bis spelled out that the basis for a member State of an organisation becoming bound to a third party with respect to a treaty concluded by the organisation was its express agreement . |
| 23 | Her attack on the poem in Gay News was an attempt to reassert the importance of Christianity , to reestablish the centrality of ‘ traditional ’ Christian teaching , which would provide the moral basis for a society in which homosexuality would be once again viewed by all as perverse , yet requiring of sympathy and treatment . |
| 24 | The table compares GDP per head using market exchange rates with those on a PPP basis for a selection of countries in 1992 . |
| 25 | Well this is a disease due to another exotoxin which , in practical terms is of importance to you because it 's the basis for a test for identifying the . |
| 26 | Strain them ( keep the liquid — it will make a good basis for a vegetable soup ) , put them in a bowl and while still hot stir in plenty of olive oil , sliced onion , garlic , parsley , and a little vinegar . |
| 27 | Other approaches , such as that of Gumperz ( e.g. 1982 ) , tend to use intuitive categories as a basis for a description of code switching , relying on notions of psychological motivation to account for particular switches . |
| 28 | It is the basis for a range of ocean-going ferries and cargo vessels that Japanese shipbuilders hope to sell in a decade 's time . |
| 29 | These standards , along with those for levels 1 and 2 , are the basis for a range of vocational qualifications in the catering and hospitality industry and licensed trade . |
| 30 | Firstly , he points to the recommendations contained in the Wolfenden Report and argues that if society were not able to pronounce homosexuality morally wrong , then there would be no basis for a law which aims to protect youth from ‘ corruption ’ , or for punishing men who live off the earnings of a homosexual prostitute . |