Example sentences of "[be] based [adv] upon [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The claim to legitimacy of particular possession is based entirely upon the institutionalization of rights .
2 Neither the economic policy of a nation nor the political programme of a party is likely to achieve a successful dynamism if it is based solely upon the assistance of lame ducks .
3 In the Ogwo case , the decision is based solely upon the neighbour principle , the issue before the court being whether the injuries sustained by the plaintiff were foreseeable .
4 The study is based mainly upon the records of the civil courts supplemented by such papers of corporate and administrative institutions as have survived .
5 Like them , it was based originally upon the household , and the household continued to have significance even after the formation of other less personal structures .
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