Example sentences of "basis [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was also , among other literary things , the wonderful and baleful orphan or isolate who is seen to advantage in the books she read : and it may be that cultural history is especially worth attending to in cases such as hers , where the subject is a dedicated reader , and the basis for a directly psychological account is even more than usually insecure . |
| 2 | It is usual to hire a new vehicle on a fully maintained basis for a period of about three years . |
| 3 | The basis for a different type of approach already existed . |
| 4 | We have the basis for a new poetry , and for a new music . |
| 5 | No , dearie , when I say , the basis for a new poetry , I do n't mean the vers libre movement as it was in the year 1912 . ) |
| 6 | A new agenda , centred on citizens ' rights and democratic reform , selective government intervention , environmental protection and a more positive role in Europe would provide the basis for a new progressive majority . |
| 7 | For a separate currency area like the UK , a weak balance of payments may amount to the basis for a depreciating currency . |
| 8 | Sixty-two MPs , equally divided between Christians and Muslims , have been in this Saudi resort for the past two weeks examining a ‘ National Reconciliation Charter ’ drafted by Arab League mediators as the basis for a permanent peace . |
| 9 | As on other occasions , Imperial sentiment was a weak basis for a key part of British policy . |
| 10 | It is the basis for a range of ocean-going ferries and cargo vessels that Japanese shipbuilders hope to sell in a decade 's time . |
| 11 | It is in the life and fragrance of that person , Jesus of Nazareth , that we have a pattern of care and love for all things which can be the basis for a discipleship that takes in a holistic approach to life . |
| 12 | This was never likely to offer a basis for a wages agreement and the employers issued notices giving the reduced wage rates on 30 April and 1 May 1926 , when the subsidy ran out . |
| 13 | It may well be argued that the government was able to defeat the General Strike by its propaganda campaigns , the arrest of Communist activists , the use of volunteers and by sheer patience , in allowing the General Council 's Negotiating Committee to spend several futile days negotiating the Samuel Memorandum in the hope that it would provide a basis for a settlement . |
| 14 | Practitioners seem to accept that worthy cases of mercy killing invariably have this outcome , but this informal approach provides the defendant with no legal basis for a defence — he or she is truly at the mercy of the psychiatrists , the prosecutor , and the judge . |
| 15 | Beethoven is very difficult because in the forte parts you don , t have something to lean against ; it 's always that the strings play tremolo or very fast , which is n't really the basis for a sound . |
| 16 | Coordinating social work amongst Nonconformist churches , stopping overlapping , as in Paton 's 1891 circular , and providing a national forum for debate and possible agreement remained goals , but the real inspiration was the desire to build an extra-denominational basis for a grand scheme which would unite English Nonconformity into one body . |
| 17 | One foreign broker said this week 's plunge in share prices , had knocked the last breath out of the speculative binge of the second half of the eighties , which inflated asset values , and laid the basis for a proper recovery . |
| 18 | It was also clear that the creation of a network of village centres for the provision of classes and courses was a necessary but insufficient basis for a well-founded adult education movement . |
| 19 | Although they do constitute a basis for a future development policy it is only realistic to recognise that they are , in some respects at least , contradictory to the conceptual framework of present policies and planning approaches . |
| 20 | Together with the Alliance Party , our sister party and the only non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland , we believe that mutual respect , shared responsibilities and decentralised government are the only basis for a lasting solution to the troubles of Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | As Hannah Arendt has shown , in times of crisis the existence of a formless mass can become the basis for a totalitarian dictatorship ; in times of prosperity it can lead to an all-encompassing smugness and self-satisfaction and to the existence of a regime which knows no criticism , no control and , above all , no real opposition and thus no arguments which contain alternatives . |
| 22 | Two major divisions of sponges are distinguished on the composition of the spicules : the glass sponges have a skeleton composed of silica , one of the few examples in nature where this material is used as a basis for a skeleton , while the calcareous sponges use calcium carbonate for their spicules . |
| 23 | The desire to disprove a false idea is as valid a basis for a piece of research as the desire to establish the truth of a new set of ideas . |
| 24 | The international community clung to Resolution 242 despite its growing obsolescence , as the only agreed basis for a solution . |
| 25 | The academic scientist who seeks and identifies a new chemical messenger is providing his industrial colleagues with the basis for a whole new range of drugs , and the industrial pharmacologist who screens a range of new chemical entities and finds one which alters the behaviour of the brain is offering a new tool for his academic brethren . |
| 26 | On the Isle of Axholme , where little wool was produced , hemp was the basis for a spinning and weaving industry , which Provided a useful sideline for the average peasant , and a basic livelihood for the poor . |
| 27 | The French system gives the observer more confidence than the UK system does that a more thorough assessment has been made by the French of comparative natural handicaps which is then used as the basis for a comprehensive system of support . |
| 28 | ‘ It is suggested that this grammar should provide the basis for a year 's study of Spanish . |
| 29 | After discussions with the client , a neutral viewpoint is selected as the basis for a root definition and conceptual model . |
| 30 | To develop a list of questions in a structured way as the basis for a second round of fact-finding , a root definition was formulated for each sub-system of the post-ERA model , and a series of second level models constructed . |