Example sentences of "based [prep] a true [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here at least is an honourable attempt to deal with a serious theme ; though based on a true story , it still leaves a lingering suspicion that life is not quite so neat . |
| 2 | It is based on a true story so outrageous that it would never in a million years have passed muster as fiction . |
| 3 | Based on a true story , this movie is lightweight but compassionate . |
| 4 | And Carter Kustera , at Josh Baer , presents ‘ Based on a True Story ’ , an installation examining distortive media responses to real-life incidents ( until the 27th ) . |
| 5 | Moves over to Coronet with a thriller based on a true story . |
| 6 | And it is all based on a true story . ’ |
| 7 | This is based on a true story that shocked Paris society when a French diplomat and a Chinese opera singer were imprisoned after the former was ‘ accused of passing information to China after he fell in love with Mr Shi , whom he believed for 20 years to be a woman ’ . |
| 8 | Well , actually and it might be based on a true story , do n't know if it |
| 9 | Recognising that consent must be based on a true appreciation of contents , this proposal reveals a strange inability to grasp the extent to which a work of art can rarely if ever be described or paraphrased with perfect accuracy . |