Example sentences of "was base on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the typical pre-industrial village the community , even if it was not tribal , was based on mutual rights , duties and obligations . |
| 2 | As with most booms , this one was based on proven results and justifiable prospects . |
| 3 | The horse and not the internal combustion engine provided the principal method of transport , and day-to-day living was based on unremitting toil and self-sacrifice . |
| 4 | 7.3 Single-mode homogeneously broadened laser The first laser , operated in 1960 by Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratory , was based on flashlamp-excited ruby . |
| 5 | For practical reasons , fieldworkers adopted a policy in these cases of knocking at the door of the nearest house of a similar type ; since the survey was based on geographical area and housing type , this seemed a reasonable way of obtaining data from a range of addresses while conserving time and resources . |
| 6 | None of the prosecution witnesses was able to identify him in court , and his conviction was based on contradictory evidence , mainly statements extracted by torture from his fellow defendants . |
| 7 | Each of the bans was based on proscribed material , including propaganda literature , weapons and ammunition , seized from the groups ' headquarters . |
| 8 | This conclusion was based on temporal fenestra ( or hole-behind-the-eye cavities ) that were more like those of the early therapsids . |
| 9 | Life in Takrit in Iraq fifty years ago was based on similar principles for the young Saddam Hussein as it had been in Scorniceşti a generation earlier for Nicolae Ceauşescu . |
| 10 | In 1746 he was appointed to a post in the Office of Works , as clerk of the works at Hampton Court , presumably through the influence of Burlington ; and his subsequent career was based on that institution and the patronage of one leading public figure , Thomas Pelham-Holles , first Duke of Newcastle [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | My memory of the falls was non-existent , or rather was based on that picture of the falls in Stott 's book which showed a small waterfall on a moorland burn with Ben Tee beyond . |
| 12 | In contrast to Guinness I , Ward 's trial lasted just six weeks and was based on one charge . |
| 13 | Thus the British scheme was based on flat-rate contributions and benefits , while the European and American ones varied with earnings . |
| 14 | In one patient with three strictures , classification as benign was based on radiological studies and in two other patients it was based on the gross endoscopic appearances . |
| 15 | We hear of other cases where the decision was based on Russian tribute being lighter than that of other overlords . |
| 16 | Medicine , like all else , was based on traditional Han ways . |
| 17 | The design of the study was based on firm methodology : ( 1 ) the asthma was well defined and well documented ; ( 2 ) the selection pattern included only asthmatics whose primary complaint was asthma ; ( 3 ) all consenting asthmatics were studied ; and ( 4 ) all endoscopies were performed by two endoscopists using the same predefined criteria . |
| 18 | Measurement has been used to examine the nature of variation between pairs of saucer brooches , particularly the ornament variation ( Dickinson 1982 ) ; the study was based on 52 pairs of cast saucer brooches , but a number of problems were encountered with what might have seemed a straightforward piece of research ( ibid. 22–3 ) . |
| 19 | The diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was based on chronic diarrhoea , an endoscopic appearance consistentwith colitis , and colon histology consistent with chronic colitis . |
| 20 | London 's long-standing reputation for ‘ fog ’ was based on smoke-filled fog , or ‘ smog ’ , in which thousands of people choked to death . |
| 21 | The success was based on good utilisation of staff and equipment , particularly during periods that have been seasonally affected in previous years . |
| 22 | The total amount paid per household in tax was based on two figures . |
| 23 | The decision was based on two grounds . |
| 24 | The trial judge directed the jury that , unless their belief was based on reasonable grounds , it could not constitute a defence to rape . |
| 25 | The likelihood is that had the matter come before the courts in the nineteenth century , they would have held that the mistake had to be reasonable , for it was generally considered at that time that mistake was a defence which would excuse a defendant from liability only where it was based on reasonable grounds . |
| 26 | The diagnosis was based on established criteria including a typical endoscopic appearance supported by histological findings . |
| 27 | If depreciation was based on current values and these values were different from historic costs that would of itself produce differences . |
| 28 | According to Acia the whole Ethiopian system was based on individual advancement and your marks in the final national exams . |
| 29 | The FoE study , published in October 1985 as The Final Report : Tree Dieback Survey , was based on 1,638 beech trees and 1,546 yews at over 700 sites . |
| 30 | As a result , the main criterion was based on estimated teaching activity with past research performance apparently being accorded relatively little weight . ’ |