Example sentences of "basis for a [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By following the functionalist approach pioneered by Durkheim and Radcliffe-Brown , we can appreciate that the most erroneous of assumptions may yet serve as a perfectly sound basis for a coherent and logically satisfying system of beliefs . |
| 2 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 3 | The argument is that it therefore provides a good basis for a fair and orderly grading structure . |
| 4 | If the ambivalent Wilsonian ‘ science ’ and ‘ planning ’ programme was useful in obscuring divisions within the Labour Party and among its supporters , it could not provide a basis for a determined and purposeful popular political movement . |
| 5 | Environmental concern mushroomed during the 1960s and was stimulated by warnings about the impact of human activity and by debates about the extent to which earth resources were finite and therefore the basis for a pessimistic or optimistic future for spaceship earth . |