Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [art] basis " in BNC.

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1 But I you know hopeful I know that th th th quite a large and high numbers but what we agreed was if we were working on the basis of something like on one person every six weeks
2 And therefore y er in a sense he was , he was acting on the basis of a false premise and therefore the wh sort of the whole set of conclusions he draws could 've been wrong .
3 Obviously he was calculating on the basis of marginal costs of running the car , but this is what all motorists do .
4 As for the Tories , Heath had replaced Douglas-Home as leader in the party 's first leadership election in ‘ 65 , and was campaigning on the basis of EEC entry , Trade Union reform and reduction in direct taxation .
5 In many cases he was even able at the first consultation to diagnose the probable organism which the patient was harbouring on the basis of the patient 's temperament , and was able to confirm these later by bacteriological studies .
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