Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Assembly on Dec. 19 established the post of a UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator , whose secretariat would be based on a strengthened Office of the UN Disaster Relief Co-ordinator and the consolidation of existing offices which dealt with complex emergencies . |
| 2 | The work of the commission , comprising senior USSR and Russian Federation government members , would be based on a radical draft programme announced by Yeltsin on July 20 which envisaged a 500-day dash to a full market economy in the Russian Federation . |
| 3 | Payment would be based on a pooled system : if everyone wanted the same coverage costs would be shared . |
| 4 | Evolution was thus to be portrayed as an ever-branching tree , and a good classification system would be based on a correct identification of the crucial points at which the branchings took place . |
| 5 | However , the evolution of complex living creatures ( not just humans ) would be based on a high information content greater than could be found , say , in the bacteria of the atmosphere of the Jovian planets . |
| 6 | The general or ‘ philosophical ’ curriculum that I advocate would be based on a single principle : that the less narrowly a child 's critical faculties are confined within the bounds of a single set of concepts or procedures , the more easily he will be able to adapt to life after school , whether at work or in higher education , and the more free his imagination will become ; these two targets in fact being one and the same . |
| 7 | André Breton , self-styled ‘ pope ’ of the surrealist movement , contrasted a high modernist aesthetic in which all art would be based on a musical model with the surrealist ( and , in the present context , postmodern ) idea that all art should partake of a visual mode . |
| 8 | It is no consolation in defeat to reflect upon the correctness of NSS 's psephological analyses over many years , expressed most recently in our view that this election would be decided on a small number of votes in a handful of crucial decider seats . |
| 9 | By these , creditors would meet to consider proposals for a voluntary arrangement which would be binding on a dissenting minority , and approve a trustee . |
| 10 | Contracts would be made on a competitive basis with the hospital providing the ‘ best buy ’ . |
| 11 | The chicks would be maintained on a miniature life-support system in what is known as a stereotactic device . |
| 12 | The statement promised that all future negotiations between Ontario and the province 's 180,000 Indian population would be conducted on a government-to-government basis . |
| 13 | Interviewing for places would be conducted on a regional basis , and fees paid by the LEAs ( who would receive government grants ) . |
| 14 | Abadia emphasized , however , that port calls and repairs by US warships would be conducted on a commercial basis and would be available on the same terms to vessels from other countries . |
| 15 | Of the remaining seats , 152 would be elected on a proportional basis from county and metropolitan lists , and 58 were to be indirectly elected from national " compensation " lists nominated by the parties . |
| 16 | Drawn up by a panel of civilian and military experts , the charter was to remain in force for a 30-month interim period , at the end of which a referendum would be held on a new constitution for Chad . |
| 17 | Prices for consumers would rise by 50 per cent , but subsidies would be introduced on a regional basis for disadvantaged sections of the population . |
| 18 | No problems were encountered with the motor , although none would be expected on a short test . |
| 19 | She would be lying on a different bed , of course . |
| 20 | I judged our Swiss hosts to be sincere in saying that their latest equipment would be offered on a preferential basis to NATO and other friendly countries , and that it would not find its way to Argentina . |
| 21 | Others would be fined on a sliding scale according to their resources , and there would be a general reconciliation in which the King would rule with the aid of a Council of State who would have powers to supervise the militia . |
| 22 | ‘ ( a ) the survival of the company , and the whole or any part of its undertaking , as a going concern ; … ( d ) a more advantageous realisation of the company 's assets than would be effected on a winding up . |