Example sentences of "that [pers pn] are based " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with the conclusions in both sets of experiments is that they are based on the assumption that we can infer when an experience occurs from a subject 's verbal report . |
| 2 | But what really distorts the official statistics is that they are based almost entirely on the state economy . |
| 3 | These manufactured crayons differ from lump sanguine in that they are based on special recipes , including China clay admixtures , to soften the natural properties of the colouring matter used . |
| 4 | For Rex and Tomlinson , the only way in which black people are likely to change their own situation is to develop forms of self-defence and self-help which are , in a sense , anti-colonialist , in that they are based on Third World models , ‘ looking to a change in the balance of power and resources between rich and poor nations as a means to their own liberation ’ ( p. 293 ) . |
| 5 | It is typical of arguments concerning the ‘ correct rules ’ of the language in the Chomskyan approach , and that of most other sentence-grammarians , that they are based on the presentation of ‘ example ’ and ‘ counterexample ’ . |
| 6 | They are output oriented , in that they are based on what individuals can do in their work , rather than what they know . |
| 7 | Everybody accepts that awards of damages in this field are necessarily conventional , and that they are based on a scale of comparative seriousness which is also conventional . |