Example sentences of "based on evidence " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , promotion decisions in teaching are based on evidence from bland references , stilted interviews and lists of in-service training courses attended . |
| 2 | Recent interest in bismuth is based on evidence that some peptic ulcers may be caused by the bacillus Campylobacter pylori ( Helicobacter pylori ) . |
| 3 | These retrospective criticisms of Cockburn and Dearlove are largely based on evidence which has accumulated since their books were written . |
| 4 | Courses in the humanities help the student to develop skill in identifying and analysing problems , in collecting and handling information , criticising theories and interpretations , and in forming judgements and conclusions based on evidence and logical argument . |
| 5 | Diagnoses are based on evidence accumulated about failure modes , operator observations of symptoms and historical records . |
| 6 | The paper is much more tentative because some of it is based on evidence which has not always been gathered from studies designed specifically to elicit people 's conceptions in the mind . |
| 7 | This means trying to identify which kind of being might be responsible , based on evidence from the patient 's recent behaviour ( this includes improper experiencing and/or expressing of emotionality ; see Howell 1981 , 1984 for a more detailed discussion ) . |
| 8 | The fact that ‘ I 'll return your umbrella ’ is in the future tense does not mean that it must be a prediction , based on evidence . |
| 9 | This is an avouching which is ( a ) about the past , and ( b ) not based on evidence ( as would be the sentence ‘ I must have emptied it yesterday ’ uttered on finding it empty ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Empirical ’ , in this context , simply means ‘ based on evidence from the real world ’ in contrast to ‘ theoretical ’ , which refers to ideas that are abstract or purely analytical . |
| 11 | Some of the findings of this research are based on evidence from the young people themselves . |
| 12 | But palaeoclimate reconstructions for southern Gondwana based on evidence from sedimentary deposits indicate otherwise . |
| 13 | Their method was inductive and was therefore controversial : laws based on evidence from the past can not rule out a priori the occurrence of a radically different future . |
| 14 | The appeal of religions is not based on evidence , for there is very little , nor on reason , for the reasons offered for faith are unconvincing , but on illusions — ‘ fulfilments of the oldest , strongest and most urgent wishes of mankind ’ . |
| 15 | Despite the reasoned arguments … based on evidence from all who cared to submit it ( including a high proportion of individuals and organizations with direct experience of offenders ) , demands for corporal punishment became even more vociferous and several amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill were introduced with this in view . |
| 16 | Many of the criticisms of Davis and Moore 's views have been based on evidence which indicates that no stratification system operates as their theory argues . |
| 17 | So , in the humanities , students ' views are neither the beginning nor the end ; they are based on evidence and understanding , and are subject to assessment by the students themselves and by others . |
| 18 | This picture is based on evidence derived from studying the shape of the landscape , sedimentary deposits and biological remains . |
| 19 | The affair was based on evidence from a deserter from the DSC , who claimed that the DSC had conducted unauthorized surveillance against some 1,300 civilians , including politicians , journalists and religious figures . |
| 20 | This concern was based on evidence that procedures available through the courts to enforce compliance with provisions of Part I of the Trade Union Act 1984 were not being used . |
| 21 | In fact the most recent reconstructions of Viking figures are very carefully based on evidence and are the result of a great deal of lengthy scientific research . |
| 22 | The programme is based on evidence that chemicals are often sprayed when pests are not vulnerable and that the chemicals used can wipe out the natural enemies of the pest species . |
| 23 | The teacher thus : added to the information she already had became aware of a different information source learned how to use that source used the source to present information in a different way and the class : also became aware of the information source responded actively to the on-screen presentation of statistical material could all use the material at the same time manipulated the material easily , moving to and from different parts of the database as they thought appropriate to support their arguments The viewdata presentation therefore : allowed ease of display and manipulation of information in a way in which a chalkboard , flip chart or handout could not and became a kind of electronic chalkboard provided a catalyst for discussion of subject matter related easily the subject matter to the students ' own geographical and social environment encouraged the development of oral discussion based on evidence inferred from information rather than expressed , but unsupported , opinion |
| 24 | With currently available equipment we are not able to discover what goes on in detail in the brain when someone is speaking , though we can make guesses based on evidence such as speech errors ( ‘ slips of the tongue ’ ) and the effects on speech production of different sorts of brain damage . |