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Example sentences of "[verb] [is] base [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	Resistivity surveying is based on the principle that underground features such as masonry walls have a high resistance to an electric current , whereas filled-in features , such as ditches or pits , have a lower resistance .
2	All your accounts remain separate , but the amount of interest you earn is based on the family 's total .
3	Moreover , it is of greatest benefit to the top-rate taxpayers , as the relief granted is based on the taxpayer 's marginal ( ie highest ) rate of taxation .
4	The system which was adopted is based on the chart shown in Figure 4.6 .
5	The language syllabus of Streamline is based on the carefully controlled introduction of new structures and vocabulary .
6	One approach to control is based on the susceptibility of the L3 to desiccation and on the fact that a major route of infection is percutaneous .
7	The reasoning which follows is based on the opinion , already inseparable from what has been said , that appropriation is a neutral expression and does not convey the sense of taking property for oneself without the owner 's authority .
8	The account of them which follows is based on the print of the Bill which is dated 19th February 1975 .
9	Much of the analysis which follows is based on the models used in Emerson et al.
10	Beesley watched the action with his daughter on several successive evenings , and what follows is based upon the account she gave to me .
11	Where inability to pay is based upon the failure to comply with a statutory demand , the date and manner of service of the demand must be stated and that to the best of the petitioner 's knowledge , the demand has neither been complied with nor set aside nor is any application to set aside outstanding ( r 6.8(2) ) .
12	The lexicon that has been developed is based on the vocabulary of a learners dictionary ( the OALDCE ) and supplemented by words from the LOB corpus .