Example sentences of "it [prep] a [adj] basis " in BNC.

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1 And although Platinum has , like the spreadsheet solution that preceded it , some limitations , he sees it as a good basis for future developments .
2 Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations .
3 What about like contraception should be integral part of it , and abortion and the options open to you , but I think it 's very important that we are taught it , we 're taught it in a heterosexual basis , and that 's just not the case , and that just alienates people any more , really more from a very early age .
4 I think on that , looking at it on a logical basis , er , I think our stuff will take up one third of the boot
5 ‘ I 've never had any doubts about my scoring ability but I have still got to go out and do it on a consistent basis . ’
6 So please , ladies and gentlemen , when you speak to the supporters , as I know you always do , let's keep it on a friendly basis .
7 Local transport : Lake steamers , car ferries and hydro foils ply across the lake , while buses drive round it on a regular basis .
8 You must hit it on a regular basis !
9 If your exercise programme has lapsed it is time you reinstated it on a regular basis .
10 Bad Points : Rather expensive unless you are going to use it on a regular basis .
11 The only potential drawback is that unlike a training course , this program will only be of use if the user has the discipline to use it on a regular basis .
12 If there is a game which you find effective , use it on a regular basis for a short period , perhaps five minutes at the beginning of each session .
13 To get the best use from Lexis you need to be trained over three levels and use it on a regular basis .
14 In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis .
15 In the 1960s and 1970s the Standing Conference on University Entrance tried to deal with it on a large-scale basis but repeated efforts to bring about improvements of connection amounted to little .
16 As from April 1993 , even more flexibility will be allowed with couples able to choose whether all the tax relief should go to one partner ( husband or wife ) or whether to split it on a 50–50 basis .
17 ‘ It would simply be a formality to renew it on a long-term basis . ’
18 ‘ We 've soft-sold it on a limited basis , ’ said at Thorntons , ‘ focusing on particular clients and their circumstances . ’
19 Cromwell , the head of state in the Republic , encouraged a reorganization of the East India Company , with a new charter which put it on a firmer basis .
20 An advertiser 's business with its agency is known as an " account " , and account people are the men and women who run it on a day-to-day basis .
21 To look at it on a comparable basis .
22 ‘ Most people consolidate their information periodically and report it on a monthly basis : they tend to have huge consolidation exercises that go on for days .
23 Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis .
24 We knew that sooner or later someone was going to buy it and there comes a point when , if something is going to add value for your shareholders , you should contemplate doing it on a hostile basis . ’
25 You know so when you 're confirmed , it wo n't be , okay I 'm on the boat now , it will be making use of those gifts , whatever they may be , and they 'll be uniquely your own in each one , the mix 'll be uni uniquely you know , to the person , you 'll have to make use of it on a daily basis , not just simply , okay I 'm on the boat .
26 Well I 'll tell Phil then and no Saturdays but also get it on a daily basis .
27 ‘ I could see you grappling with it on a daily basis , ’ he drawled softly .
28 Right , is there any kind of pattern to that , or is it on a daily basis that you do that ?
29 Er but as I say if , if we can do it on a personalized basis er personalized geographic basis , it gives it more identity er then what , what you produced certainly i is halfway there to the issues that Steve mentioned earlier on .
30 It is thought that a sum of about £5,000 will be needed to carry the scheme through successfully and that a membership of 300 would be needed to maintain it on a sound basis .
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