Example sentences of "[prep] be based on the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 FRS 3 , Reporting Financial Performance , the first FRS to be based on the ASB 's own proposals rather than those ‘ inherited ’ from the Accounting Standards Committee , is based on FRED 1 and the comments received on the exposure draft .
2 Hurd 's new security system is to be based on the GCC , which will provide financial support under Saudi leadership , with Egyptian or Syrian military muscle .
3 The power output ( wattage ) of new microwaves will continue to be based on the IEC ( International Electrotechnical Commission ) 705 system , adopted as industry standard since August 1990 .
4 Hurd 's preferred option appears to be based on the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) — the organisation created in 1981 in order to provide the Gulf with a collective security system designed to obviate the necessity for Iraqi , Iranian or even Western participation and involving Kuwait , Bahrain , Qatar , the UAE , Oman and Saudi Arabia — but this time under explicit Saudi leadership .
5 In the absence of any other plausible plan , that peace will have to be based on the Vance-Owen deal .
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