Example sentences of "based on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derrida 's admirers , and perhaps some disinterested observers , would reject such charges as based on misunderstandings of his work . |
| 2 | At worst , Western politicians , and some academic and journalistic commentators , have shared the mentality of the apparatchiks , but most have remained attached to their illusions that differences between East and West were based on misunderstandings rather than fundamental disagreements . |
| 3 | There is a good deal of mythology and misapprehension based on misunderstandings about sound-symbol relationship and its connection with where symbols occur in words . |
| 4 | A few areas of early industrialization also suffered losses , in north-east Lancashire and West Yorkshire , where cramped sites based on water power were no longer economic . |
| 5 | The FoE survey , based on water companies ' unpublished returns to the Drinking Water Inspectorate , showed that 14.5 million people received drinking water breaching the standard for pesticides and 3.5 million had supplies containing nitrate above the legal limit . |
| 6 | In a statement on Sept. 27 the Iranian News Agency ( IRNA ) said that the decision to renew diplomatic relations with the UK was based on Iran 's acceptance of " remarks by British officials announcing respect for Islam , Moslem values and sanctities " . |
| 7 | Last Chance to See , based on Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine 's survey of endangered species , includes the text of the book read by Adams , as well as over 500 colour photographs and supplementary information . |
| 8 | We may anticipate that there will be a stable length right at the start of the pipe ( the Reynolds number based on boundary layer thickness being small here ) , followed by the unstable region , this being followed in turn by another stable region as the profile approaches Poiseuille flow . |
| 9 | Er , does n't er er , is based on congestion , and and and and other factors , and it does n't address the er , the the needs we have er in developing this county , and and to achieve it 's er it 's potential . |
| 10 | Based on Shiffrin ( 1970 ) . |
| 11 | We may prefer arrangements based on institutions like the church and the shop but gangs and parties are also forms of social institution , not perhaps quite so easy to break down and displace as ‘ disorganization , would imply . |
| 12 | The parable is based on Isaiah 5:1–7 where there is an Old Testament ‘ parable ’ about a vineyard that yielded only wild grapes . |
| 13 | Helen , of course , is based on depiction of Helen , on Maria Bronte . |
| 14 | Arguments based on deference to the judgment of corporate managers or those based on the finding of a personal interest or a non-corporate purpose on the part of the directors have the appearance of mere slogans to justify either judicial restraint or intervention . |
| 15 | It is arguable that the performance measures based on portfolio performance , to which fund managers are currently held , do not provide an environment in which there would be any significant advantage for fund managers who had closer relations with auditors . |
| 16 | The centre itself , run by fulltime general manager Peter Rodger , turns over £4.5 million a year , based on income from work-space rental and training , conference and exhibition facilities . |
| 17 | Other general problems associated with using measures based on income include the difficulty of taking into account fringe benefits and payment-in-kind , gifts , and personal services ( Townsend 1974 ) . |
| 18 | Assessments of less than £1 were not made in the subsidy , and nearly all below £2 were based on wages , except for a few based on income from land ; and since the statutory proviso , doubtless intended to allay fears raised by the inquest of 1522 , restricted taxation to one form of wealth only , any personal property belonging to persons so taxed was ignored . |
| 19 | The fairest local levy is one based on income , but there 's no hope for this Lib-Dem idea . |
| 20 | A third notion is that organic life — carbon-based life — was preceded by ‘ living ’ clays , based on silicon , as described by Professor Cairn-Smith that some of these clays gathered organic molecules around them , which increased their chemical versatility , and that the organic components eventually abandoned the silicon-based templates that had given rise to them . |
| 21 | If forms of life exist whose chemistry is based on silicon rather than carbon , or ammonia rather than water , if creatures are discovered that boil to death at — 100 degrees centigrade , if a form of life is found that is not based on chemistry at all but on electronic reverberating circuits , will there still be any general principle that is true of all life ? |
| 22 | ( There are other reasons why complicated molecules based on silicon are less likely to occur , but these are beyond our present scope . ) |
| 23 | These include the ability for users to define articulation and constraints such as degrees of rotation ; the ability to test the behaviour of three-dimensional objects within the system interactively ; and inclusion of source code for immersive real-time applications based on Silicon Graphics 's tools . |
| 24 | Going beyond the Common Japanese Application Binary Interface ( OCMP-ABI ) , the group has added new standards for 3D graphics ( based on Silicon Graphics ' Open GL software ) and I/O bus hardware and software ( using the 110Mb per second APbus , and Euroboard specifications ) . |
| 25 | When pig husbandry is based on pasture , control is extremely difficult because of the ubiquity and longevity of the earthworm intermediate host . |
| 26 | The research will investigate how the mechanisms of pre-verbal communication based on comprehension and production of gaze and pointing are related to each other and how they change between 6 and 18 months of age . |
| 27 | The play , which is based on Byron 's poetry , arrives in London after being staged in Russia , Israel and Los Angeles . |
| 28 | The prediction of response was based on pretreatment aspartate aminotransferase levels , the presence of a history of acute hepatitis and HIV-antibody status . |
| 29 | Based on name given by Armstrong . |
| 30 | In the case of land , statutory provisions may give priority to a later contract registered as a land charge even if entered into with knowledge of an earlier , unregistered transaction , but it seems that this affects only proprietary rights and does not bar an action in tort based on interference with the earlier contract . |