Example sentences of "based on assumptions " in BNC.

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1 It was based on assumptions which were not credible .
2 In a house , however , all calculations are based on assumptions of ‘ heat loss ’ through walls , windows , roof , floors , and through draught and ventilation .
3 Any investigations into the suitability of rock formations are , they say , based on assumptions of how that ground will behave now , and do not take into account the possibility of climatic changes , earthquake activity or even human intervention in years to come .
4 Such a dismissive attitude , which fails to see research as part of a professional task , seems to me unhelpful because whenever we make a decision , it is based on assumptions and values .
5 However , in 1938 the ‘ Britons fight for Britain only ’ and ‘ Mosley and Peace ’ campaigns , although based on assumptions different from the government 's appeasement policies and having no influence upon them , nevertheless harmonized quite well with the general drift of public opinion with regard to European intervention and the threat of war .
6 They are based on assumptions which must still be tested .
7 Considering this , the domain specific dictionaries can be said to be less reliable , and based on assumptions about the accurate identification of the domain that may not always be applicable .
8 The initial growth of CMHTs seems to have been based on assumptions that traditional professional practices could be transformed by organising existing staff ( or existing kinds of professional workers ) in new ways .
9 All plans are based on assumptions and Abercrombie disarmingly revealed five .
10 However , if a cost-leadership policy is being planned , it is useful to have some projections based on assumptions about learning rates .
11 The definitions attached to strategies for change in educational institutions , as in other institutions , to do with becoming effective lobbyists , operators and competitors , are based on assumptions constructed over time about politics and power .
12 My model in reading Spenser is based on assumptions that these texts act as types of cultural registers , they provide indications about how Elizabethan society characterised itself .
13 The agency 's figures were based on assumptions that the government would move to cut interest rates , normalize the power supplies and restore investor confidence through political stability .
14 This interpretation was based on assumptions about the types of information available in different stimuli .
15 However these projections may be based on assumptions which also require re-examination .
16 Of course it has not ; for example , with regard to moral issues , the typically relativist view that there are no absolutes is itself a stance based on assumptions which it is possible to challenge .
17 The forecast is based on assumptions of variable temperature rises across the region during the next 50 years , from around 1.1 to 4.2 degrees centigrade .
18 The original calculations which are outlined in er N Y six are based on assumptions which were available at the time which were based on the eighty one census essentially , those calculations form the basis of the consultation plan and the deposit plan .
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