Example sentences of "be based [adv] upon [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , postgraduate studies within the department are based solely upon research ; students may , however , if they wish , take a taught course within the Centre for Cognitive Science in their first year , before proceeding to research . |
| 2 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 3 | Such a line of argument is based primarily upon scripture , and does not necessarily involve a notion of there being male and female principles in the universe . |
| 4 | This cycle of growth , which was based primarily upon exports , reached its peak in 1986-88 , when the annual rate of growth was in excess of 12 per cent . |
| 5 | There is the possibility of some influence from craftsmen working to the south , around Water Newton , who specialised in the manufacture of geometric designs , but their work was based largely upon lozenge configurations and can not have been a major source of inspiration . |
| 6 | Initial selection was based solely upon Stirling 's impressions of the men at brief interviews . |