Example sentences of "the basis for [noun] [be] " in BNC.

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1 These changes followed the exchange rate realignments of January 1987 , and the basis for concern was that individual EC countries ' currencies continued to move differently in response to the depreciation of the US dollar .
2 In ancient Israel , the basis for marriage was to have children .
3 Like it , the basis for development was the ‘ unit ’ — an enquiry based topic which might be used in any order and at more than one level .
4 The basis for DPA is that physical effort is freely expended and wasted in a work context for want of care and thought required to perform a task efficiently .
5 In his review of the content of US antitrust , he indicates some areas of policy where the decisions are now largely driven by sound economic analysis ( horizontal agreements and mergers ) and others where the basis for judgements is less satisfactory and the practice sometimes inconsistent ( vertical restraints and price discrimination ) .
6 As in the static model , the basis for comparison is of critical importance , and the question may be posed in several ways .
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