Example sentences of "should be based [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone might agree that financial statements should be based on the same standard but the inevitable follow up comment is : ‘ Yes , ours ’ . |
| 2 | Daniel Brennan QC , an English barrister , said that injury compensation awards should be based on generally accepted principles rather than the present ‘ lottery ’ of different rules in EC member states . |
| 3 | Robbins said that access should be based on intellectual ability , not on students ’ ability to pay . |
| 4 | Assessments of the permissible level of incidental catch should be based on the desirability of returning dolphin stocks to original levels , not holding them at a depleted level through a continuation of a high level of incidental kill . |
| 5 | These actually come down to common sense , but it still needs to be stressed that the successful study of coinage , as any other historical discipline , should be based on as full a collection of the evidence as possible as well as an awareness that this evidence should never be taken at face value . |
| 6 | Human society is , or should be based on the family and on kinship : ‘ Humanity is naturally embodied in the individual , in the family , not in the State which is alien to it . |
| 7 | He concludes that the effectiveness of a given system should be based on its ability to fit in with the external systems making up its environment on the one hand , and , on the other hand , on its competence in allowing its own sub-systems to fit in with each other . |
| 8 | It says : all authoritative directives should be based on reasons which already independently apply to the subjects of the directives and are relevant to their action in the circumstances covered by the directive . |
| 9 | They should be based on a realistic assessment of expenditure requirements , for the period to which they apply , neither too high nor too low . |
| 10 | If not , then your sum insured should be based on current replacement costs less an allowance for wear and tear — giving a sum insured of perhaps two thirds of the replacement cost depending on the average age of your possessions . |
| 11 | This plan argued that the renewal of the area should be based on the twin policies of the construction of social housing and industrial development , and it was to form the basis , in the late 1970s , of the Partnership established between the Labour government and the local authorities concerned ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 12 | Moreover the national system should be based on a combination of SATs and moderated teacher ratings . |
| 13 | This practice should be based on proven principles , acceptable to all , and not on routine and ritual . |
| 14 | The basic library guide should be based on the library 's orientation objectives and should always be written with the user in mind ( see figures 5–11 , 18 and 19 ) . |
| 15 | A guide to the use of the literature in any given subject should be based on a logical concept and thereby facilitate understanding by providing the opportunity to relate new information to previous knowledge . |
| 16 | As has been pointed out in Chapter Two , an integrated education programme should be based on the views of all the people participating in the various educational processes , but the final success of a given course depends , to a large extent , on the motivation of the students . |
| 17 | However , the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) has told New Scientist that these figures are likely to be underestimates , and so the survey should be based on a population size that is ‘ nearer 12 000 ’ . |
| 18 | It went on to accept ‘ the principle that professional experience should be based on theoretical completeness , and that training in often petty procedures during the earlier years in professional offices has little bearing on the exercise of professional judgement . ’ |
| 19 | Advertising should be based on the accurate job description you have already drawn up , so that the right sort of people will recognize themselves . |
| 20 | In the final analysis you will have to make a decision that should be based on the most objective assessment you can make but relying to a certain extent on your own instinct and intuition . |
| 21 | Some governments , notably the UK , argue that the Fifth Directive should be based on Article 100 ( general harmonisation of national laws ) at least in so far as the provisions on employee representation at board level are concerned , since it deals with the rights of employed persons which fall outside the scope of freedom of establishment governed by Article 54 . |
| 22 | It is obviously desirable that the underlying description should be as good as possible , and this means that it should be based on sound linguistic principles . |
| 23 | The Faculty believes that the scale charge should be based on manufacturers ' retail list prices , provided the Revenue publishes an annual list of such prices . |
| 24 | Paragraph 27 of the [ draft ] FRS requires that the initial accounting for the loan should be based on the circumstances prevailing at the time the loan is entered into and so , for example , changes in a relevant index subsequent to issue should not be anticipated . |
| 25 | This should be based on your customer 's requirements and your assessment of his ability to pay . |
| 26 | The new boss of the Confederation of British Industry says any rises should be based on improved efficiency . |
| 27 | The implications which these authors seek to deduce is that , since it is wrong to base a strategic doctrine on a potential illegal use of weapons , the policy of deterrence based on assured destruction should be ‘ declaratory ’ only , and that actual plans should be based on the development , deployment and targeting of weapons which ‘ should be intended for use only against military objectives and be as discriminate as reasonably possible in their collateral effects upon the civilian population and property ’ ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 , p. 51 ) . |
| 28 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 29 | However , even here there are some differences : the German position , officially supported by Bonn , is that work should be based on the international agreements signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin , under which the issue would be limited to the return of treasures located on their territory . |
| 30 | In times of severe economic stringency , it is more than ever essential that painful strategic choices should be based on sound information about the need for and effectiveness of services . |