Example sentences of "whose [noun sg] is base [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Vit Vlnas , head of the National Gallery 's archives , says : ‘ The National Gallery has no reason to give back the altar , whose holding is based on a legal agreement . |
| 2 | In the boozer later , non-combatant pals tell me about Hampstead 's strange Green candidate , whose campaign is based on slagging Glenda . |
| 3 | If forms of life exist whose chemistry is based on silicon rather than carbon , or ammonia rather than water , if creatures are discovered that boil to death at — 100 degrees centigrade , if a form of life is found that is not based on chemistry at all but on electronic reverberating circuits , will there still be any general principle that is true of all life ? |
| 4 | The existence of large areas of apparently uninhabited forest , as seen from the air , is deceptive ; the largest areas of fertile soils are found along the main rivers and these are quite densely populated , while the forest beyond serves as an indispensable hunting-ground for people whose diet is based on protein from the wild rather than domesticated animals . |
| 5 | Much of the work in this area has been done by economists whose approach is based upon the hypothesis that workers will join unions if the expected benefits and returns from the services which unions can provide — in the form of relative wage gains , taking up grievances , access to specialised information and the like — exceed the expected costs . |
| 6 | ‘ Cellnet is a business whose success is based on innovation and quality , ’ stated Marketing Support Manager Paul Leonard . |
| 7 | Only the UK and countries whose legislation is based on English law ( mostly former colonies ) go to these lengths to get a proper balance in aircraft accident reports . |
| 8 | An exception to the age rule sometimes applies in the case of a married woman over 65 whose pension is based on her husband 's contributions . |
| 9 | In future , they could either proceed to ‘ one person , one vote ’ , like the Liberal Democrats , with all the problems this creates for a party whose structure is based on affiliated organisations . |