Example sentences of "based [prep] a similar [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Madge had begun a guarded friendship based on a similar sense of humour and a past that both of them skirted around . |
| 2 | But most non-scoring credit decision systems are based on a similar idea — an attempt to predict the future , based on how an individual seems to fit into a pattern of past good and bad credit risks . |
| 3 | Parker says unequivocally that the future of the mainframe lies with Open Edition MVS , but he says that we could see a new generation of mainframe-class systems based on multiple RISC processors , again based on a similar idea to the SP-1 and that this will be the natural place for AIX . |
| 4 | The safety of the Ignalina nuclear power station in Lithuania , based on a similar design to Chernobyl' , was raised by the republican party secretary at the 19th Party Conference ; the construction of a third reactor , he complained , was proceeding before the details of its design had been approved , and before proper arrangements had been made for its security . |
| 5 | Cracow Cathedral was based on a similar design but , being later , is of more advanced Gothic form . |
| 6 | Are the general courses ( the non-MSC ones ) based on a similar training model ? |
| 7 | The case shown in Fig. 6.20 is taken as an example of a very frequently met distribution ( it is probable that the original 80/20 rule-of-thumb is based on a similar curve ) . |
| 8 | In a drama based on a similar starting point another group of children vehemently refused to let the engineer carry out the survey — and the focus of the drama shifted : how do people cope with rural decline , losing markets and jobs ? |