Example sentences of "[noun sg] base the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chen spokesman Lee DeLorme told United Press International that negotiations are continuing with the city of Eau Claire for an aid package to base the company there , but that the state 's decision has prompted Chen to look to other states for aid as well . |
| 2 | The announcement will end months of acrimony after it appeared that a guarantee to base the centre in the city would be snatched away at the 11th hour . |
| 3 | Following the failure of militarisation and a sequence of abortive attempts at political reform , the British reverted in the mid-1970s to a policy based the ‘ primacy of the police ’ . |
| 4 | On closer inspection there was quite a muddle between ‘ Chinese imperialism ’ and ‘ Vietminh military operations ’ , but it seems to have been an elementary mistake to base the assessment entirely on capability rather than intention , which the paper admitted , and was an extraordinary foundation for Rusk 's conclusion which was that : ‘ Above all , we can not afford to jeopardise the considerable measure of success our policy has already had in Indo-China by neglecting to provide the proper maintenance for our investment . ’ |
| 5 | Each year she chooses a famous personality to base the design on — past models included Twiggy and Joan Collins . |