Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] based on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these pictures were issued they were indeed contemporary because they were based on the evils of the day . |
| 2 | They were based on the active ingredients norfloxacin ( 7 ) , enoxacin ( 8 ) or ofloxacin ( 9 ) . |
| 3 | In the provinces of the empire , however , there was no choice of magistrates : the provincial governor ( or a deputy appointed by him ) heard all cases , whether they were based on the civil law or not ; and we can hardly expect that he switched from one procedure to another according to which kind of case he was hearing . |
| 4 | Created in Walworth Road , they were based on the assumption that it is possible to bribe one set of electors with money extracted from the pockets of another set . |
| 5 | One must beware especially of solutions that are presented as if they were based on the results of rigorous experimental tests and bear the stamp of proof . |
| 6 | It was based on the Treaty of Rome 's provisions governing the Common Agricultural Policy , which require only a qualified majority . |
| 7 | It was based on the Memorandum of Dissent of the minority , the late Professor ( subsequently Lord ) Kaldor and the two trades union representatives , on the Royal Commission on the Taxation of Profits and Income which published its Final Report in 1955 . |
| 8 | It was based on the principle of ‘ a nation in arms ’ , much as Napoleon had employed a levee en masse . |
| 9 | It was based on the number of dependent children in the family and was provided largely because it was found difficult to recruit men without ensuring some financial security for their families . |
| 10 | It was based on the construction of a questionnaire , the Parental Attitude Research Inventory ( PARI ) , in which parents were asked to indicate their agreement with such statements as ‘ A child will be grateful later on for strict training , ’ and ‘ Children should realize how much parents have to give up for them . ’ |
| 11 | It was based on the initiative of God . |
| 12 | It was based on the work of academics and consultants whose methods offered practical solutions to the problems created by jobs designed in accordance with ‘ scientific management ’ principles . |
| 13 | As soon as he looked out of the window on the morning after he arrived ( he tells them ) and saw what the place was like , he realized that it was based on the tutorial system . |
| 14 | ‘ It was based on the Voice ’ , says Lloyd . |
| 15 | He declared that peace would only be lasting if it was based on the principle of " no victor , no vanquished " . |
| 16 | In one patient with three strictures , classification as benign was based on radiological studies and in two other patients it was based on the gross endoscopic appearances . |
| 17 | it was based on the figures that the West Yorkshire authorities submitted to the Secretary of State , which was on a policy as I understand it , of containing as much of their population they as as they were possible to . |
| 18 | For it was based on the assumption that human beings , at least since the emergence of homo sapiens , were the same , their behaviour obeying the same uniform laws , though in different historical circumstances . |
| 19 | It was based on the Covermaster Plan with added extras . |