Example sentences of "[adj] [be] based on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are based on the total number of dies observed in the sample . |
| 2 | Some were based on the pre-war zaibatsu family-run conglomerates , others are centred on a big manufacturer such as Toyota , Nippon Steel or Matsushita . |
| 3 | This is based on the combined heat-and-power cycle process , in which natural gas is burned to drive an electricity turbine and the waste heat drives a steam turbine . |
| 4 | This is based on the grazing history and clinical signs of loss of condition and anaemia . |
| 5 | This is based on the original AFHQ text in Kirk Archives , Washington . |
| 6 | In addition , we assume an optimistic outcidence rate of 20 per cent , that is , that one in five opioid users in 1984–5 will not be opioid users during 1985–6 ( this is based on the reported ‘ coming off ’ rate among clients of the Detoxification Unit during this period ) . |
| 7 | This is based on the radioactive decay of & sup147sm to & sup143nd ( samarium-147 to neodymium-143 ) and is an adaptation of recognised methodologies . |
| 8 | Unionists had a slight majority of the English borough seats , but this was based on the small towns of the West and South rather than the heavy industrial centres of the North . |
| 9 | At first , researchers attempted to place this style in the area from which it was assumed to originate — perhaps Persia , China or Central Asia — but through historical research it became clear that this was based on the false premise that the cloth was made in the original style of a certain group of people . |
| 10 | One such is based on the following idea . |
| 11 | These are based on the occupational standards as defined by the industry Lead Body ( the Administration Lead Body , incorporating the Administration , Business and Commerce Training Group and the National Working Party for Secretarial Standards ) . |
| 12 | All are based on the personal computer technology Acer introduced last quarter , reportedly architected from the start to support Unix . |
| 13 | The two most ambitious of these projects , the Shire Hall in Warwick ( 1754–8 ) and Hagley Hall , Worcestershire ( 1754–60 ) , are in a competent if conventional classical manner , the latter being based on the Palladian Houghton Hall , Norfolk ; but most of his work continued to be in the Gothic style with which he had made his reputation . |
| 14 | The logic in the latter is based on the curious situation caused by the abolition of development charges . |
| 15 | The controversy over the Tasaday , a group of 26 allegedly ‘ stone-age ’ cave-dwelling people ‘ discovered ’ in 1971 and pronounced a hoax in 1986 is based on the all-or-nothing ‘ cultural purity ’ argument of anthropologists . |