Example sentences of "basis for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they do constitute a basis for a future development policy it is only realistic to recognise that they are , in some respects at least , contradictory to the conceptual framework of present policies and planning approaches . |
| 2 | On the two biggest international issues confronting the UK — the resurgence of German power and the ecological threat — there is equally little that any party is prepared to do : the former is the basis for a future stability of the EC , the latter has already reached such ominous proportions that , as is evident in the evasions preceding the Rio summit , governments the world over are hiding their heads in the sand . |
| 3 | This type of community work with refugees is in many ways similar to the organization of the controlled zones and is regarded as the basis for a future development model after the triumph of the FDR-FMLN . |
| 4 | The agreement on troop withdrawal was to be regarded as the basis for a future treaty on the issue . |
| 5 | Statements by the Iranian government made it clear that it saw ECO as the basis for a future Islamic common market which might ultimately embrace some 300 million people — a quarter of all Muslims — and rival the European Communities in importance . |
| 6 | On Aug. 26 the UN Security Council approved Resolution 774 , which enshrined the UN proposals and the map presented by Boutros-Ghali as the basis for a future solution to the Cyprus problem . |
| 7 | But what exactly was the new science of biology that Huxley and others wanted to establish as the basis for a modern education ? |
| 8 | It has also been made clear that where an unmet need is recorded which the department has a legal duty to provide , it could be used as the basis for a legal challenge , although it should still be recorded . |
| 9 | 1982:Ch. 3 ) , but there was no possibility of using them as the basis for a reorganised local government structure . |
| 10 | By following the functionalist approach pioneered by Durkheim and Radcliffe-Brown , we can appreciate that the most erroneous of assumptions may yet serve as a perfectly sound basis for a coherent and logically satisfying system of beliefs . |
| 11 | Individually the trusts were small , usually maintaining only about 20 miles of road , but as they were formed and linked , the basis for a coherent road network was being established . |
| 12 | Consequently , a Filing Working Party was established and , alter extensive examination of the reference construction , it was found that the only changes considered viable ( ie that could be made without having to completely revise the titles of some 60,000 active files ) were to the first three fields of the reference structure , establishing the basis for a limited computerised search facility in the proposed index system , rather than the extensive facilities envisaged by the FAOR Team . |
| 13 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 14 | These studies formed the basis for a systematic search for the gene involved in XLA . |
| 15 | It is far safer to regard the P/E ratio as an indicator of market sentiment about the future prospects of a company rather than a basis for a systematic forecasting technique of future earnings . |
| 16 | There is no defensible basis for a global answer to this question . |
| 17 | A model like this can not be a sufficient basis for a convincing explanation of a recurrent phenomenon like linguistic change because both divergence and convergence can be present in language states at any time , or , perhaps , at all times . |
| 18 | Even at that point such meetings were touched by the rumbling fear of the authorities of political disorder ; after all , as recently as 1779–80 such a hallowed institution as the county meeting had provided the basis for a powerful , though short-lived , movement for political reform under Wyvill 's leadership . |
| 19 | But not for the Americans , nor the British who were not bombed heavily enough to prevent them from turning the experience into a basis for a cosy national myth . |
| 20 | A PHILLIP Glass-style loop is the basis for a long , trancey , free-flowing , ambient workout , a floating journey around the cosmos cut with geometrically perfect shapes of sound . |
| 21 | The French system gives the observer more confidence than the UK system does that a more thorough assessment has been made by the French of comparative natural handicaps which is then used as the basis for a comprehensive system of support . |
| 22 | The precise answer to this question requires a mathematical statement of the model , which we leave until later in this chapter , but the general answer , which both has policy implications and can serve as the basis for a subtle test of the model , is this : under rational expectations the proportions of any unexpectedly high price which are attributed to the aggregate and relative demand shocks respectively should be based on the true process determining that unexpectedly high price ; that is , on the true likelihood of any unexpectedly high price being due to a random aggregate demand increase or to a favourable relative demand shock . |
| 23 | a rejection of all foreign models of development which tend to be materialistic , dehumanising and which fail to recognise the creative developmental efforts of our own people as the requisite basis for a sustainable developmental process ; |
| 24 | As on other occasions , Imperial sentiment was a weak basis for a key part of British policy . |
| 25 | The project will prepare the conceptual and methodological basis for a longer-term enquiry into such issues and test it in one or more pilot studies . |
| 26 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 27 | The salon Nautique continues to increase in importance as a major international exhibition ; its steady development reflects the growing importance of yachting as the basis for a major European industry . |
| 28 | Much play is given in the to the rather romantic story of Hocazade 's extreme poverty in his youth , a story which lays the basis for a rags-to-riches saga ( in respect both of material wealth and of intellectual achievement ) and which also has overtones of the story of Joseph . |
| 29 | It could provide the basis for a cheap , ecologically desirable , integrated transport system . |
| 30 | This was not yet a mass movement , but the basis for a large-scale mobilization of anti-war opinion was at last being laid . |