Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] base upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | A refusal is only effective within its true scope and is vitiated if it is based upon false assumptions . |
| 2 | The second main method of controlling the exercise of discretion is relevancy : a decision will be declared ultra vires if it is based upon irrelevant considerations or if relevant considerations are not taken into account . |
| 3 | His life of action is surely contrasted with the contemplative life of the shepherd and poet , who realize that Man 's past and present state ( 'what we are , and have been' ) is doomed , because it is based upon cruelty and the confining of imagination — surely this is the Cup of Stone , almost a Cap of Stone , laid upon ‘ the living well ’ . |
| 4 | All discourse is more or less reciprocal , if only because it is based upon assumptions about receivers . |
| 5 | The evaluation presented in this section is an interim one because it is based upon viewing the matrix from a rational economic perspective . |
| 6 | In respect of motion one five eight , the C E C is opposed because it is based upon a misunderstanding of the purposes of sectionalization . |
| 7 | I shall deal with the second recommendation first , because it is based upon a complete misunderstanding . |
| 8 | Most of these possibilities exclude animals but where they do not ( we might , for example , feel it appropriate to praise the sheepdog by saying that it has earned the right to a good meal ) the attribution is clearly analogical since it is based upon such a slim comparison with human capacity . |