Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] based on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All slimming diets which can possibly work are based on calorie reduction , but it is easy to see why people become confused about this . |
| 2 | The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) . |
| 3 | It is likely that there was also a sense that higher education on a wider basis could be provided more cheaply outside the universities , though it is likely that at the time any such view would have been based on guesswork rather than hard information . |
| 4 | The UK took the view that it should have been based on Article 100 of the Treaty of Rome ( general harmonisation of national laws ) , which requires unanimity ( in which case the adverse vote of the UK could have prevented the Directive being adopted ) . |
| 5 | Little reliable information is available at the time of writing and much of the " data " which does exist is based on guesswork — more or less inspired and sometimes merely sensational . |