Example sentences of "is based on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 This guide to the season is based on eleven years direct observations of our resorts .
32 This calculation is based on various factors , such as the number of school children , miles of roads to be maintained , police and fire service requirements , etc. in each local authority .
33 The calculation of loss per share is based on 708,790,691 shares for 1992 being the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year ended 31 December 1992 ( 1991 : 708,759,748 ) .
34 Neurotics may appear to be concerned for others , but this is based on unconscious hostility towards someone , so that their concern that someone may die , or fall very ill unless some particular action of their own is done or not done , really masks an unconscious wish for their death : ‘ … the original wish that the loved person may die is replaced by a fear that he may die ’ .
35 The bedrock aspirations these educators have had in common , as far as early childhood educational opportunities are concerned , are expressed in a recently published book which is based on contemporary research and which shows the continuing aspiration for a comprehensive preschool service :
36 A and B might well have features in common from the outset ( the c elements in the figure ) and these will produce primary generalization — training on A will give associative strength to stimulus elements that are present also in B. The X representation functions in just the same way as the c elements in producing generalization except for the fact that the ability of A and B to activate X is based on prior conditioning .
37 Much of how and why we react as we do is based on such factors .
38 Transfer 's fifth show is based on first hand accounts of women working in the health services .
39 They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year .
40 This valuation is based on quoted companies of a broadly comparable nature to [ name ] of [ specify ] times historic earnings and [ specify ] times prospective earnings .
41 When advising an unmarried father it is important to note that party status is based on parental responsibility and not paternity .
42 The analysis is based on econometric modelling and involves both the estimation of the determinants of labour market behaviour and the use of such estimates for stimulating the impact of policy changes .
43 The tribunal decision , which went in favour of the 100 men , could cost up to £1 million that is based on each man being paid the maximum in compensation , which is £10,000 .
44 ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’
45 Planning is based on good information and the internal market provides better information about GP , district and patient preferences .
46 His authority is based on many years experience in the industry since he started in 1964. is assisted with packing and loading by and .
47 Society is based on consensual values , but conformity is achieved through social integration rather than individual choice .
48 The cake is based on shallow dome sponges , cleverly achieved by only part-filling pudding basins and a mixing bowl with cake mixture .
49 The Scotch Whisky Association ( SWA ) Employment Census , which is based on individual company returns , shows that 15,310 people were directly employed by the industry at end 1991 .
50 The service is based on individual membership that can usually be obtained only by large companies .
51 This projection is based on current policies , and the assumption that the price of fossil fuels will rise while the cost of renewables will fall .
52 III ) and Rudston , E. Yorks. , ( Neal 1981 , no. 70 ) , and at Holcombe , Devon , a scheme is based on interlaced circles ( P.D.A.E.S. 32 ( 1973-4 ) , pI .
53 It is based on real people , genuine exhibits and historical facts .
54 The approach of the county council is based on certain principles , first of all it reflects the decision of the Secretary of State on the originally approved structure plan and particularly on the first alteration to the structure plans er in nineteen er eighty seven .
55 We should also note that it is based on certain assumptions , for example it is assumed that those who have some reason to form a pressure group will , in an open society , do so , and that the degree of governmental response will depend on the degree of pressure the group is able to exert , and that this is directly related to the group 's importance to the community .
56 This paper is based on extensive collections made by three institutions : The Centre Oceanologique de Bretagne — Biogas investigations in the Bay of Biscay , Biovema in the Vema Fracture Zone , Demeraby in the Demerara Abyssal Plain and the INCAL cruise in conjunction with the IOS and SMBA in the NE Atlantic ; the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences — Discovery Investigations off North Africa and in the Porcupine Seabight ; the Scottish Marine Biological Association 's investigations in the Rockall Trough .
57 Where the price is based on net asset value or on earnings , the appropriate value is normally determined by accounts prepared as at completion or such other effective transfer date as the parties have chosen and subsequently agreed by the purchaser and vendor through their accountants .
58 If the price is based on net assets , a reduction in assets should be directly reflected in a reduction in price .
59 I suggest that a lot of so-called ‘ equal opportunity ’ is based on political myth — ignoring our in-built sex differences .
60 THERE have been a number of articles and letters published recently about North-East drift-net fishery for salmon , which suggest that the Government 's proposal to phase out this fishery is unreasonable and that it is based on political expediency under pressure from owners of rod fisheries .
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