Example sentences of "be base on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It says they 're based on actual interviews with the women involved and that some additional parts have been written to show how they are in fact involved in a global chain .
2 So of course they 're based on national figures .
3 There did exist the small Northern Ireland Labour Party which disappeared after the fall of Stormont ; but it had been based on industrial workers , particularly in the shipyards , and remained much smaller in size than its Southern counterpart .
4 Usually such inferences have been based on quantitative analyses of single variables — nearly always phonological variables , such as the incidence of postvocalic /r/ in New York speech ( Labov 1966 ) .
5 The plans had been based on over-optimistic assumptions of the potential growth of the economy and hence of revenue .
6 There is a long history in the use of case management within rehabilitation services in North America and these have usually been based on psychosocial models in psychiatric rehabilitation .
7 Wholesale reform of language to eliminate sexism has proved more difficult , however ; particularly when it has been based on simplistic accounts of what language is and how it works .
8 Waddington stated in a written parliamentary reply on April 4 , 1990 , that following his study of such documents he had concluded that the removal had been based on straightforward facts .
9 Some voices of the past may have been based on shaky techniques , or their use transgressed today 's views about musical taste , but many others still shatter the sense by their beauty , magnificence and sheer character in the vocalisation .
10 Moreover , for large numbers of individuals the new per capita charge represented a considerable increase over their equivalent share of the rates which had hitherto been based on notional values of the homes which they occupied .
11 In the knowledge that so much of the central and parochial planning has been based on these kinds of projections , many ministers want to ignore the evidence from the past and present , and work in the hope that God will do a new thing .
12 But yesterday Richard Collin , director of central services with the borough council , said the calculations had been based on unreliable assumptions as to the rate of collection and administration costs .
13 Although most descriptive grammars have been based on written documents , a few , such as that by Palmer ( 1965 ) , and that of the français fondamental , have been based on the spoken forms of the language .
14 Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings .
15 Current drugs education materials targeted at 13-17 year olds are based on two premises : i ) that substance abuse needs to be approached in the context of the general use of legal drugs in society and ii ) that young people should be encouraged to make rational decisions about their use of drugs on the basis of criteria related to personal health , self-identity and relationships with others .
16 The Rules of the Fire Offices ' Committee and the Fire Offices ' Committee of Ireland for the Construction of Buildings are those which have been adopted by the Insurance companies , members of the Committee , for the classification of buildings and are based on two grades of construction .
17 The Hallmark seminars are based on two years research by DUBS and the David Hall Partnership into consistently successful and profitable companies .
18 The explanation of the above trends and the difficulties involved in controlling public expenditure are based on two types of analysis : microeconomic and macroeconomic respectively .
19 It has to be possible to produce spontaneously original sentences which are based on implicit rules which allow generalisation .
20 Numerous projects are based on question-answer dialogues and the development of natural language front-ends for databases .
21 Where * appears , the generic name has been introduced recently and is not to be found in the older sources , while names marked ** are based on Irish exemplars , no Scottish names being known , and have been adapted for Gaelic as necessary .
22 The Henley Research Centre carries out in-depth investigations which are highly focused on organisational issues and are based on joint programmes working to agreed targets .
23 These artificial tear solutions are based on viscous polymers , most commonly containing methyl cellulose , hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose or polyvinyl alcohol .
24 These are based on various criteria such as : —
25 The development of science and education has done something similar in the development of mankind , and is more successful than religions in providing real gains in the external world , because its image of the external world is more accurate than those which are based on religious notions .
26 Most of the praise-worthy efforts to reflect minority cultures in our schools are based on religious festivals — Hindu , Moslem , Sikh or Jewish .
27 The situation of partial resolution is , in fact , common and a large part of adult relationships are based on parental patterns .
28 Likewise , Manuel Puig 's Betrayed by Rita Hayworth and Heartbreak Tango are based on interior monologues , long dialogues and extracts from diaries and letters , through which of identity of their own in their assumption of a borrowed identity derived from pop culture in the shape of Hollywood films , radio soap operas , popular songs , etc .
29 Prices are based on twin-bedded rooms with private bath or shower and full board .
30 Prices are based on twin-bedded rooms with private bath or shower and full board .
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