Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [prep] [art] basis " in BNC.

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1 Do you think it would be a good idea to privatize planning control in the sense of letting it be up to developers to choose whether they should go ahead or not on the basis of what they conceive to be constraints , or that that should be within the entire realm of the local planning authority ?
2 A form of rich picture was drawn up following the initial investigations , but it was used mainly as a summary of the structures , staffing levels and other essentially static factors that existed in the situation , and not as the basis for selecting a relevant system .
3 He began to see that God was not a tyrant but a loving Father ; he began to see that the Christian life was not a series of impossible demands to satisfy the whims of an unreasonable employer ; he began to see that he was welcome because of who he was , and not on the basis of what he could achieve .
4 On the other hand , in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co. the judge appears to have been of the view that an applicant could have standing only on the basis of a personal interest and not on the basis of representing the interests of others .
5 and not on the basis of individual offices .
6 That state sector has been made up of nationalized industries , and of extensive welfare services provided on the basis of need , and not on the basis of the ability to pay .
7 Iraq on Feb. 15 announced an offer to withdraw from Kuwait , complying with UN Security Council Resolution 660 , provided that ( i ) there was a complete ceasefire ; ( ii ) all subsequent resolutions on the conflict were annulled and economic sanctions lifted ; ( iii ) coalition forces withdrew completely from the region within one month of a ceasefire being declared ; ( iv ) Israel withdrew " from Palestine and the Arab territories it is occupying in the Golan and southern Lebanon " , or that in the event of its not doing so the UN passed against Israel resolutions identical to those passed against Iraq ; ( v ) Iraq 's " historical rights on land and at sea " were guaranteed ; and ( vi ) the " political arrangement to be agreed " should proceed from " the people 's will and in accordance with democratic practice " , and not on the basis of " the rights acquired by the al-Sabah family " .
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