Example sentences of "be based [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |
| 2 | ( Thus Auer complains of Gumperz that " sometimes he makes strong claims about the effect of a given type or instance of code switching on the subsequent development of the sequence , which are based on informants ' reports , but fails to reproduce this subsequent passage " ( Auer 1984b : 106 , fn. 10 ) . ) |
| 3 | However , it is not possible to make this inference from the data as they are based upon subjects ' responses to a single question . |
| 4 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 5 | Work on knowledge about language can be based on pupils ' own fieldwork , collecting and classifying their own data , learning about the methodology of observation , classification , description , hypothesis making and explanation . |
| 6 | The Faculty believes that the scale charge should be based on manufacturers ' retail list prices , provided the Revenue publishes an annual list of such prices . |
| 7 | Hence the course 's educational philosophy which is based on students ' needs , experiential and facilitative in teaching methods with a strong emphasis on developing autonomy , self-reliance and self- confidence towards professional competence . |
| 8 | Choice is based on students ' background and interests , and , in some cases , alternative courses may be taken . |
| 9 | " On Free and Latent Semantic Energy " , by Claes Schaar , is based on informants ' interpretation of fragments of language in isolation , such as literary quotations , maxims and sayings . |
| 10 | This table is based upon interviewees ' detailed descriptions of their desired practice , not upon terms they used to describe them . |