Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] was base on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Sudbury chairman Iain Hook said the club 's case was based on the fact the division four clubs had a greater need for support as a result of their geographical locations and inability to attract the same amount of outside backing as top clubs . |
| 2 | The plaintiff 's case was based on the argument that repair was necessary in order to avert a present or imminent danger to the health or safety of the occupant . |
| 3 | They said Mr Wicks 's decision was based on the flawed findings that the delay was justifiable and there was no prejudice . |
| 4 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Gregory 's plea was based on the fact that he had been helping in the retention of the items . |
| 5 | Walsh 's thinking was based on the theory known in economic jargon as ‘ reverse income substitution effect ’ . |
| 6 | However , the American ambassador , Mr Thomas Pickering , told the council yesterday that Washington 's approval was based on the assumption that the force would take steps to halt aid for Salvadorean guerrillas . |
| 7 | The Ecole 's collection was based on the works transferred from the French royal Académies during the Revolution and has been enriched by donations since that date . |
| 8 | Henry 's anti-papalism was based on the belief that the pope had wrongfully usurped the spiritual and temporal power which had traditionally belonged to the kings of England , and while he therefore rejected the pope 's claim to jurisdiction in England , he was prepared to regard him as the rightful Bishop of Rome . |
| 9 | The diagnosis of Crohn 's disease was based on the presence of at least two of the following four criteria : a history of diarrhoea lasting more than three months ; radiological findings of typical stenoses and prestenotic dilatation in the small bowel or segments with a cobblestone appearance in the large bowel ; histological findings of transmural lymphocytic infiltration or occurrence of epithelial granulomas with giant cells of Langhans ' type , or both ; and the occurrence of fistulas or abscesses , or both , in a region of intestinal disease . |
| 10 | Whatever their spheres of extended influence the gentry 's power was based on the land they owned , and they formed the cap of a local social pyramid down which prosperity spread . |