Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] be based on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please note that prices quoted by hotels and guest houses may be based on double occupancy of a room . |
| 2 | This new era will usher in a period of restructuring and reconciliation when South Africans ' international relationships can be based on mutual advantage and not on conditions of slave labour , bred of racism . |
| 3 | The misgivings might be based on past experience of Labour Court Recommendations in respect of Bank Officials . |
| 4 | Comparisons between countries might be based on qualitative judgement , but a variety of quantitative techniques can be used for analysis . |
| 5 | Such statements may be based on strong conviction and close observation , and may even be felt to be self-evident , but they appear to have no empirical status — are merely , we might say , guesses — unless supported by frequency data . |
| 6 | Awards should be based on continuous assessment of course work as well as on a final external examination . |
| 7 | Compensation Fund contributions should be based on gross fees ; |
| 8 | Although it looks from this as though each word has its own history , certain generalizations can be based on these figures . |
| 9 | Other Christians would say that , while the stories may be based on some happening in the life of Jesus , the importance of the Nature miracles is that they teach people crucial matters of faith in Jesus . |
| 10 | Ideally , any decisions about delegated powers would be based on common sense and a desire to ensure that while fulfilling their duties and obligations , governors would never jeopardise the smooth and effective running of the school and the education of its pupils . |
| 11 | Other studies will be based on detailed comparisons of returns for the Censuses of Production for each country . |
| 12 | Clusters may be based on geographical variables such as : county , city , district or parish boundaries . |
| 13 | The objectives must be based on medium- and long-term criteria as well as short-term criteria . |
| 14 | Criteria such as ’ theoretical integrity ’ and ’ psychological plausibility ’ dictate that any adopted techniques should be based on established semantic theory . |
| 15 | The new boss of the Confederation of British Industry says any rises should be based on improved efficiency . |
| 16 | The new treaty contained no military commitments , specifying that in future relations would be based on international law and the accords of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) . |
| 17 | In addition such strategical decisions may be based on episodic memories for particular instances of driving the planned route , for example , the memory that you encountered road works at a particular junction recently and that it should thus be avoided until they have been completed . |
| 18 | A union of Baptists or of Methodists could be based on shared theological foundations ; a union of Nonconformists could only be based on the one thing they shared , their nonconforming status as English Protestant Christians outside the established church of the land . |
| 19 | In most cases , decisions would be based on local custom , disputes often being referred to the oldest men present , those with the longest memories . |
| 20 | Payments will be based on black-market rates , said to be as high as £10,000 for a single bird . |
| 21 | The new rateable values will be based on current annual rents . |
| 22 | Apart from their vital role in the present , much of the photographic history written in future times will be based on these magazines . |
| 23 | In other words , mistakes must be based on reasonable grounds where the offences are serious — which would cover not only rape but also cases involving a risk of death or serious injury , such as the use of force in self-defence . |
| 24 | The first results will be based on six key performance indicators , including waiting times , numbers of cancelled operations and ambulance response rates . |
| 25 | Whilst cost budgets may be based on internal standards , they may depend on the sales volume of the business activity . |
| 26 | In the usual way the ratio will largely if not wholly be determined in advance of preparation of the firm 's accounts , though , if desired , to follow a modern practice of American origin , final determination of each partner 's share could be agreed to be deferred until after the year 's profits have been ascertained and the performance of each partner assessed in that context : in the interim , permitted drawings would be based on past performance . |
| 27 | Again there is no guidance as to how to choose between the four categories , and no acknowledgement that such choices will be based on political perceptions of where in the organizations a group 's interests will be best protected . |
| 28 | Finally , doctors planning to become fundholders may not have worked assiduously to control prescribing in the knowledge that their budgets will be based on historical costs . |
| 29 | The structure and format of these papers can be based on internal control questionnaires ( ICQs ) , an example of which is given in Fig. 3.2 . |
| 30 | To do this , management protocols must be based on available knowledge on wound healing . |