Example sentences of "based [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This report is based upon statistics concerning the losses and waste of reproduction , on figures that reflect great human tragedies . |
| 2 | The diet was mainly based upon fruit , and was thus high in fibre but extremely low in protein , and poorly balanced for nutrient intake . |
| 3 | The allocation of work was in some cases based upon people 's skills outside ; for example , prisoners who had been barbers , washermen , gardeners or ‘ sweepers ’ ( refuse collectors and cleaners from the lower castes ) were given similar jobs if available , but , generally speaking , new inmates were assigned a task without much deliberation or consultation . |
| 4 | Successful communication is based upon people 's capacity to interpret prose and in all but the simplest cases this depends on the ability to work out the grammatical relationships between the words within sentences . |
| 5 | For his part , the franchisee makes a payment to the franchisor for the rights to a particular area and a royalty based upon sales expressed as a percentage of sales . |
| 6 | The initial model proposed , based upon data from the Mediterranean , has been superseded with the advent of information from a greater range of sites elsewhere in the world , with emphasis upon correlation other than on simple altitudinal grounds and with more complete methods of absolute and relative dating . |
| 7 | It is in regard to erosion rates that perhaps the most dramatic progress has been made and in addition to world patterns of discharge , Walling and Webb ( 1983 ) have now reviewed earlier attempts to portray world patterns of sediment yield , some of which conflicted quite significantly , and have provided a revised map of global sediment yields based upon data from nearly 1500 measuring stations and pertinent to sediment yields from basins of 1000 to 10,000 km 2 in area . |
| 8 | 1.6 This allowance is based upon staff who are at the top of the grade at the present time and translates into the following : |
| 9 | THE Witch And The Magic Mountain is a new musical play based on folk legends from around the world , performed by the Oxford Stage Company at the Arts Centre , University of Warwick ( 0203 417417 ) , until Dec 16 , then Dec 26-Jan 13 before national tour ( details : 0865 723238 ) . |
| 10 | The decision about whether and when to intervene in unhappy families can not be resolved simply by reference to psychological theories , nor can it be based on folk precepts about not interfering . |
| 11 | NB : Tax and insurance are based on one quarter at 1989 prices and three quarters at 1990 prices , all amounts are based on 80% apportioned to the business . ) |
| 12 | So much of the music produced for keyboard and other polyphonic instruments throughout the 16th century was based on works originally written for the voice , and Marshall adeptly shows the colourful way in which they transfer to the Piffaro organ . |
| 13 | But a recent survey has also indicated that the study of communication theory in journalism or mass communication institutions , except in Latin America , is based on works from the West . |
| 14 | It is less widely known that there was a comparable ( although much smaller ) dyeing industry in Ireland based on Nucella lapillus which seems to have been known of as far away as Minehead in Somerset ( Cole , 1685 ) . |
| 15 | Host organisations of the service ( LEAs , Chambers of Commerce , Local Employer Organisations ) were the recipients of grants based on £5 per teacher for the area and were responsible for the local delivery of the service . |
| 16 | Errors ( 1 , given in parentheses ) based on statistics of α -counting method . |
| 17 | Most text retrieval systems have been based on statistics and probabilities . |
| 18 | Notably , the Communist Party ( CPSU ) newspaper Pravda on April 29 gave a devastating assessment of the state of the economy , based on statistics for the first quarter of 1990 which showed falls of 1.0 per cent in gross national product and 1.2 per cent in industrial productivity ; an inflation rate in the consumer sector of 8.0 per cent ( but featuring increases in food prices of up to 20 per cent ) ; and a balance-of-trade deficit of 1,700 million roubles ( approximately US$2,800 million ) . |
| 19 | The difference between Cantal and Powys is shown by the farm size distribution based on sheep numbers ( Table 10 ) . |
| 20 | ** Example Notes : Example based on £50,000 endowment mortgage , term 26 years . |
| 21 | He was shown a potion guaranteeing virility and many children , based on deer 's horn . |
| 22 | Since the 1989 Budget , the above figures have become governed by a ceiling , currently based on £75,000 earnings a year . |
| 23 | While others might attempt publications on the birds of Europe , or produce monographs based on species preserved in all the great collections , no one had the ability or the connections to tackle Australia . |
| 24 | Because much of Buick 's success is based on sales to the over-50s , its target customers will eventually be replaced by greying baby-boomers — the very customers it once steered away from . |
| 25 | In this case targets , based on sales forecasts , will be set in collaboration with marketing or sales staff , as representatives of the customer , and will take into account considerations such as planned maintenance , product quality control and machine breakdowns , for example . |
| 26 | Based on MIPS Technologies Inc 's R3002A microprocessor , the ES servers are configured with from two to 24 CPUs and are rated at from 32 MIPS to 768 MIPS . |
| 27 | Tandem declined to say whether the new operating system will come out on current or future Tandem Integrity machines , all based on MIPS chips . |
| 28 | The R4000 system , based on MIPS ' MP multi-processing version of the part , wo n't be around until later in the year when volume deliveries of that chip are scheduled to begin . |
| 29 | This means that they should use data that are based on people and defined events . |
| 30 | Over recent decades , there has been growing recognition that communication based on people 's background , culture and basic knowledge is a critical component of any development project , and that it must be systematically planned , budgeted for and evaluated . |