Example sentences of "system [is] based [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The use of CCL as a common type of interface for many systems is based on the provision of translating software somewhere in the communication channel between host and the user , rather than in the user 's own terminal equipment , as in the previous examples .
2 The system is based on the view , dating from the days of elementary schools , that education is simple .
3 This system is based on the home salary and aims to ensure that the expatriate 's standard of living in the home country is maintained while he is working abroad .
4 The system is based on the same engine as its predecessor , and has been re-worked for the Mac in such a way that it is almost identical in processing sequences , Sage says .
5 The Distributed Object Management System is based on the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture and as currently defined will support MS-DOS , Windows , NetWare and Unix .
6 Other criticisms relate to the size of units used ( a minimum of 80 hectares ) and the fact that the system is based on the flexibility of land and not on its productivity or capability ( Boddington , 1978 ) .
7 The system is based on the Census of Population in Great Britain , and Post Office address postcodes .
8 People there feel that their local authorities are accountable and make decisions in the interests of the community and that the taxation system is based on the ability to pay .
9 SYMAP 's coordinate system is based on the row/column reference system normally used with matrices .
10 The assay system is based on the competition between unlabelled platelet activating factor and a fixed quantity of [ H ] labelled platelet activating factor for a limited number of binding sites on a platelet activating factor specific antibody .
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