Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] basis for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rousseau believed that biologically based inequalities between people were small and relatively unimportant whereas socially created inequalities provide the major basis for systems of social stratification . |
| 2 | Only science and mathematics , declared the positivists , could be depended upon for reliable knowledge and to provide the true basis for progress ( see chapter seven ) . |
| 3 | It would seem that the prevalence of such ions and their rather special relationship to the 50Hz and 60Hz frequencies , both of which they encompass by their combined effect , and as illustrated in Table I , has to give the underlying basis for field induced activity in body fluids . |
| 4 | There is a need , also , to respond to the changed circumstances of constraint and pressure upon resources by supporting the political basis for policy choice . |
| 5 | The Ukrainian Supreme Soviet passed laws on Oct. 23 creating the legal basis for Ukraine to have its own army , air force and navy — totalling 450,000 men — and a National Guard of 30,000 . |
| 6 | As Nawal El Saadawi points out so clearly in her report from Cairo , it was in fact George Bush 's insistence on the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait which destroyed the very basis for negotiations . |
| 7 | Tenure guarantees reduce the rational basis for worker and union opposition to moves to automation or work redesign by management . |