Example sentences of "which [be] base [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The computer did not plan an Agnes or a Paul , but only a prototype known as a human being , giving rise to a large number of specimens which are based on the original model and have n't any individual essence .
2 ‘ Well , you ca n't really define good humbuckers any more , so I just sent the Seymour Duncans which are based on the originals , made the exact same way that the original humbuckers were . ’
3 Despite these various arguments suggesting high unemployment from rapid technical change which are based on the foundation laid by him , Leontief has himself , with a colleague ( Leontief and Duchin 1983 ) , recently published the results of a survey of the likely effects of new technology on the US economy up to the year 2000 which concludes that , far from there being net job losses , there will be a substantial rise in the aggregate labour force over this period due to the rapid take-up of the technology .
4 The 1980 Survey 's section on the elderly was asked only of those aged 65 and over , and therefore tables in this chapter which are based on the 1980 data include only the sub sample in this age band .
5 In addition to reinforcing our general conceptions concerning the underpinnings of liberalism , economic theories , which are based on the assumption of ‘ rational economic man ’ , highlight especially the notion of human beings as self-regarding creatures which underpins liberal theories in general .
6 I find too that circumstances compel a socialist Council like Harlow to be constrained and constricted when building , there are too many laws and regulations which are based on the fact that , for instance , today 's government thinks that people who rent houses are second class citizens .
7 mass forms of musical practice which are based on the musical activity of many people interacting at the same time and in the same way — forms which structure bodily movements and processes , and which enable bodily experience to become an aesthetically mediated pleasure ( ibid : 228 ) .
8 In recent years sociolinguists have shown a fair amount of interest in models of variation and change which are based on the notion of lexical diffusion ( Chen 1976 ; Wang 1969 ; Labov 1981 ; J. Milroy 1981b ; Trudgill 1986a : 58 ) .
9 One of the themes of this book is that measures of poverty which are based on the family or the household as the unit of measurement can not accurately reflect the true extent of poverty among women because they take no account of what happens inside the family .
10 It is the Department of Water and Drainage that co-ordinates the response to oil pollution events that might occur in the coastline and it is also responsible for the sewage disposal installations which are based on the coast .
11 The research consists of two inter-linked projects on Employment and Ageing , which are based on the re-analysis of two large Government data sets : the General Household Survey and the Labour Force Survey .
12 ‘ Pure ’ relational calculus is difficult for non-mathematicians , but more user-oriented languages which are based on the relational calculus are easier to use .
13 Article 5 obliges state parties to take all appropriate measures to modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women , with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudice , customs and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of either sexes .
14 There are two types of relaxation time ( T1 and T2 ) , which are based on the sensitivity of the hydrogen ions to their local molecular environment .
15 Because of this , it is hard to take seriously the various interpretations of linguistic sex-marking which are based upon the notion of prestige .
16 In terms of Figure 7.5 , the rise in output from y * ; to Y 1 is the result of a series of individual decisions which were based on the assumption that , although the price of each island 's output had clearly risen to p 1 , the general price level in the rest of the economy would remain at p .
17 The original calculations which are outlined in er N Y six are based on assumptions which were available at the time which were based on the eighty one census essentially , those calculations form the basis of the consultation plan and the deposit plan .
18 Finally , the common law contained areas of tortious liability for interference with family and service relationships which were based upon the archaic idea that a man had a proprietary interest in the services of his family and his servants .
19 Cathy Newman , author of the report , which is based on the project 's first two years of operation , from 1985-87 , said : ‘ Many of those involved in prostitution , particularly females , were the victims of physical abuse from the pimps they worked with .
20 He has developed a framework which is based on the idea that the aim of the interview should be to help people with the management of their problems .
21 Some of the nursing activities which might be relevant can be deduced from the following discussion , which is based on the reports of two studies of accidents in hospital .
22 Elsewhere , Duncan and I have made an attempt to overcome these problems by putting forward a conceptual view of local politics which stresses the social relations involved , which highlights the importance of the locality , and which is based on the notion that local state institutions can be at once an agent of , and an obstacle to , central demands ( Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 ) .
23 MUCH of that part of the classification of the animal kingdom which is based on the study of homologous structures in living creatures may have to be reexamined if not demolished and rebuilt , following the publication of a letter in Nature from two distinguished comparative anatomists ( vol 302 , p 243 ) .
24 But that fact does not make homosexual practice part of God 's plan for the human race , which is based on the loving , permanent relationship of one man and one woman .
25 There is no reason why Tanzania should not combine an examination , which is based on the things we teach , with a teacher and pupil assessment of work done for the school and community .
26 James Woods and James Belushi star in this tough , uncompromising political thriller from JFK director Oliver Stone which is based on the real-life experiences of photo-journalist Richard Boyle , a veteran of the wars in Vietnam , Cambodia , Central America and the Middle East .
27 Most ophthalmic research stems from these two carbon backbone polymers and an elastomer , silicone rubber , which is based on the poly ( dimethyl siloxane ) heterochain structure .
28 Some pictorial compositions have a natural balance which is based on the ‘ rule of thirds ’ .
29 However there is one powerful objection that must be considered , namely the so-called ‘ floodgates ’ argument , which is based on the fear that if such a concession were granted to war-tax protesters , the door would then be opened for other tax-refusal campaigns in opposition to various other governmental activities , including , perhaps , opposition to paying tax for welfare .
30 The Personal Video System is the first major product developed for business customers through a collaboration of AT&T Global Business Communications Systems , NCR and AT&T Microelectronics and the first to use the AT&T AVP 4000 video compression chip set , which is based on the Px64 standards for video and audio compression .
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