Example sentences of "[to-vb] on [art] [adj] basis " in BNC.

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1 It requires a depth of human understanding , an ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis with different characters , and I do not believe that Frank can do this very well .
2 J j just agree with client he might , might be prepared to accept on a quarterly basis
3 The aim was to provide a facility for professional women to meet on a regular basis , exchange ideas and experiences and discuss topics of mutual interest .
4 Teacher Researcher groups are expected to meet on a regular basis .
5 The moderation teams continued to meet on a regular basis , to provide feedback and consider further ways of setting and maintaining national standards .
6 In many respects the Glorious Revolution was a significant landmark : it did alter in certain ways the relationship between the Crown and Parliament , it did guarantee the legislative sovereignty of Parliament , it did establish some limited degree of religious toleration for Protestant Dissenters , and the fact that after 1689 Parliament came to meet on a regular basis each year did significantly alter the context in which politics operated .
7 Then there 's a lady over here who comes or used to come on a regular basis a couple of times a month she comes now a couple of times a year .
8 The winner will automatically be booked to appear on a paid basis at a later Gong Show and as a support to one of the visiting star acts .
9 Has an attempt been made to identify nurses in the local community who would be prepared to work on a casual basis ?
10 Many of them , it was suggested by the organisations we spoke to , are married women with domestic commitments who are unable or unwilling to work on a regular basis but who value the opportunity to take on occasional work outside normal hours , particularly in the pre-Christmas period ( the height of the banqueting season ) .
11 Advanced Micro says a number of its personnel will be assigned to work on a full-time basis at Hewlett-Packard 's Deer Creek Research and Development Facility in Palo Alto , California over the next two years , although some tasks associated with the project will be handled at Advanced Micro 's Submicron Development Centre in Sunnyvale .
12 Many employers allow their staff to work on a flexi-time basis which , while providing staff with an obvious perk , can be an administrative nightmare for management .
13 Rule-based parsers tend to work on a sentential basis which appears to be too much delay for users .
14 Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis .
15 How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ?
16 who they just need to know on a daily basis what deals you 've got .
17 The subject is one which needs to be brought to the attention of the Environment Committee and is something which the Council 's Environment Officer , once appointed , may wish to tackle on a corporate basis although one which can only be a token gesture since neither the use of peat or the peat land resource in Lothian are major issues .
18 ‘ 57 people volunteered to visit an elderly person on Christmas day , 47 wished to visit on a regular basis ’ .
19 Political and community structures must be changed to allow older people to participate on an equal basis with other age social groups .
20 Mr Biffen 's plea at the monthly meeting of Aberdeen and Kincardine NFU area executive followed on from an Ellon branch resolution urging the NFU to detail on a regular basis .
21 Only the UK clearinghouse has the resources to function on a full-time basis with salaried staff , and although the American and Australian clearinghouses operate only part-time , they are vulnerable because of their self-financing nature .
22 There is a need for educational systems and institutional structures as a whole to function on a multi-sectoral basis .
23 This company 's activities changed and it ultimately grew too big for a sole practitioner to handle on a part-time basis .
24 But compressed ZIP files are n't the easiest of things to handle on a day-to-day basis .
25 The associated space approach is made easy to handle on a semi-automated basis ( while the direct insertion is essentially an interactive process ) .
26 But the agreement also established an inter-governmental conference to discuss on a regular basis political , security and legal matters and also cross-border security .
27 ‘ With the increasing pressure of everyday life I have come to realise the importance of finding time to exercise on a regular basis , ’ says Fergie , who is also the President of the Sports Aid Foundation .
28 Similarly Cole & Jakimik ( 1980 ) while pointing out the ambiguity of ( plant some/plan some ) assume that top-down constraints will always be sufficient to disambiguate on a word-by-word basis .
29 Branches should try to compile and maintain a lists of people willing to help on a casual basis like this .
30 Whether you can only spare the occasional day or are prepared to help on a regular basis , Chapter 12 , Voluntary Work , lists a fund of suggestions you might like to consider .
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