Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] the basis " in BNC.

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1 This is certainly significant at the 1 per cent level , though we must bear in mind that these expectations are calculated on the basis of a purely random distribution of sites , which may not be quite true in practice .
2 Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker 's age , length of continuous service , and pay .
3 They are a form of taxation levied on local property , and are calculated on the basis of the rent at which the property might reasonably be let .
4 Indeed , many vertical mergers are justified on the basis of internalising such information and transaction costs with the hope of reducing such costs .
5 The problem with these diseases is that they are diagnosed on the basis of indirect evidence of infection rather than by identifying a specific microorganism .
6 The above reduction in yield table refers to expenses which are expected to be made in respect of this contract and has been calculated on the basis laid down by Lautro .
7 The above reduction in yield table refers to expenses which are expected to be made in respect of this contract and has been calculated on the basis laid down by Lautro .
8 Since the survey has yet to be formally closed , an interim response rate has been calculated on the basis of the number of questionnaires sent to these 55 courses and returns to date from them .
9 Observation of one of these signs — cyclical changes in cervical mucus — has been developed as the basis of a method capable of anticipating ovulation .
10 To an increasing extent , moral careers are formed on the basis of wealth and on ‘ impersonal economic grounds ’ rather than on ‘ moral qualities ’ .
11 Eventually , on May 30 the King announced that a new nine-member Constitutional Recommendation Commission ( CRC ) had been formed on the basis of the government 's suggestions .
12 The remedies are prescribed on the basis of the symptoms and signs experienced by the patient and are usually given in the form of homoeopathic potencies .
13 An implicit attempt to make connections between the dependency metatheory and world systems has been formulated on the basis of an influential conceptual innovation , the new international division of labour ( NIDL ) theory , particularly as elaborated by Frobel et al.
14 These components are interpreted in social terms after the analysis by considering the social characteristics of the speakers who have been sorted on the basis of their linguistic behaviour into the two groups ( periphery and core ) which emerge in Figure 6.1 .
15 But its policies have never been attacked on the basis of her leadership .
16 Shiftworking employees are organised on the basis of ‘ time of day ’ .
17 Among other findings , this produced five cases of young leukaemia within eight miles of the plant over the period 1979–84 , where less than one would have been expected on the basis of national rates .
18 The libraries have been designed on the basis of research carried out at the University under the auspices of a Department of Trade & Industry programme , and include temporal functions to monitor the start and stopping time of shares , financial risk calculation and probability functions .
19 The libraries have been designed on the basis of research carried out at the University under the auspices of a Department of Trade & Industry programme , and include temporal functions to monitor the start and stopping time of shares , financial risk calculation and probability functions .
20 Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post(s) regardless of sex , sexual orientation , religion , racial origin , marital status , disablement or age .
21 For perchlorate , it appears that at least in aqueous solution a symmetrically-hydrated ion is formed , as only a single ν 3 bands is seen ; for other oxyanions , however , distortions attributed to hydrogen-bond formation have been claimed on the basis of splittings of ν 3 bands .
22 The Group 's accounts have been prepared on the basis that the Group is a going concern .
23 The called up share capital disclosed in the Balance Sheet fro the group at 31st March 1990 has been presented on the basis that the 1,320,000 ordinary shares of 25p each issued on the merger with Model Manufacturing Ltd had been in issue at 31st March 1990 .
24 Most deals are done on the basis of 60:40 .
25 Two types of distribution are revealed on the basis of the proportions of small and large structures
26 Consolidated financial statements are prepared on the basis that the undertakings included in the consolidation form a single entity ( ‘ the group' ) .
27 Although such a statement might seem to be stating the obvious , apparently a number of mutual insurance companies and other regulated enterprises , whose financial statements are prepared on the basis of statutory accounting rules , have been stating that they conform with GAAP even though the statutory rules and GAAP differ .
28 So-called racial characteristics are evaluated on the basis of similar principles , that is values which are relative to time and place .
29 This included six patients in whom achalasia had been suspected on the basis of barium studies but in whom manometry was normal ( see Table II ) .
30 At the very minimum they must have been made on the basis of a police guarantee that matters would be manipulated so that courts would not impose additional punishment for the illusory offences .
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