Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] basis " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in order to maintain the services to our members , unions will probably still have to increase rates at an annual basis . |
| 2 | A feeling of employment insecurity might be thought to stem from the agency 's lack of obligation to provide assignments on a continuous basis , and thus its inability to guarantee its workers a regular income . |
| 3 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 4 | In a couple or family contract the patient and his partner , for example , may undertake to do things on a reciprocal basis ( e.g. a husband agrees to organize weekly social outings for he and his wife , while she agrees to tell him when she is feeling distressed , rather than keeping her feelings to herself ) . |
| 5 | However , now councillors are being urged to give tenants permission to keep pets on a permanent basis , without having to apply annually.The matter will be discussed by the council 's housing services sub-committee on Tuesday.The meeting will be told the council 's pets policy had not run into any difficulties over the past two years . |
| 6 | To obtain an assurance from the vendors that they wish to pursue matters on an exclusive basis , at least for a specified time period |
| 7 | to obtain an assurance from the vendors that they wish to pursue matters on an exclusive basis . |
| 8 | With regard to debt , the communiqué said that " the poorest , most indebted countries need very special terms " and entrusted the " Paris Club " ( an informal grouping of 17 Western creditor countries ) to determine measures on a case-by-case basis . |
| 9 | Enable practices to run budgets on a day-to-day basis Account for expenditure incurred Produce monthly and annual reports and statements for the FPC |
| 10 | And my old team-mate John Aldridge continues to score goals on a regular basis . |
| 11 | For instance , should the parties be ordered to disclose documents on a wide-ranging basis similar to the " discovery " procedures of the court ? |
| 12 | Faculty also welcomes enquiries from overseas students who wish to attend courses on a non-graduating basis . |
| 13 | Indeed , I am most likely to have relationships on a day-to-day basis only with a relatively small number of people . |
| 14 | The CAB has a long history of mobilising professionals such as lawyers , accountants and surveyors , to advise clients on a voluntary basis but there are very few lawyers who specialise in welfare benefits or money advice . |
| 15 | Dr Margaret Smith , however , feels differently : ‘ I greatly appreciated my one year in Graduate House and the chance to rub shoulders on a daily basis with such a cosmopolitan cross-section of people ’ . |
| 16 | Extended Fund facility This facility provides 20 per cent of credit and was established in 1974 to assist countries on a longer-term basis for supporting adjustment efforts through structural reform and appropriate macroeconomic policies . |
| 17 | Even worse for IBM is the nature of customers ' new affiliations : they are international , not local , subjecting IBM to price comparisons on a global basis . |
| 18 | And in many abolitionist minds this would ultimately lead to emancipation ; slaves would not only gradually become more able to live in freedom but better conditions would so enhance the population of labourers in the West Indies that it would be cheaper to employ workers on a waged basis than as slaves . |
| 19 | Muriel Alcock , matron of an old people 's home , is helping to organize classes on a regular basis in several homes in her area . |
| 20 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 21 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 22 | As one senior manager said : ‘ Employees now expect managers to take decisions on a commercial basis and recognize that their interests as employees — and in many cases shareholders — demand it . |
| 23 | The bill gave preferential treatment to employees buying shares in their companies , and allowed creditors to take shares on a debt-for-equity basis . |