Example sentences of "[was/were] base [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Iraq 's tactics , which bear the stamp of Soviet military training , were based on long-range shelling to soften up defensive positions in and around key towns . |
| 32 | Length and regularity of menstrual cycle were based on structured patient history at the start of the treatment . |
| 33 | Again the decisions were based on sound judgement , the depth of the Canadian squad a Birtwell 's own coaching philosophy . |
| 34 | Of advanced design , these were based on detailed studies of the latest practice in Europe and America . |
| 35 | These stages were based on productive technology . |
| 36 | Some were based on historical fact — L'Incoronazione di Poppea , Giulio Cesare — but most were mythological . |
| 37 | When the scheme was introduced there was speculation about whether those intending to become fundholders would increase referral rates in the preparatory year to ensure that their budgets , which were based on historical activity , were large enough to permit savings in subsequent years . |
| 38 | Patients ' final diagnoses were based on histological and clinical findings ( table I ) . |
| 39 | Nevertheless , although we must reject any dichotomy based upon the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and non-literate peoples and accept the view that previous formulations of the distinction were based on faulty premises and inadequate evidence , there may still exist general differences between literate and non-literate societies somewhat along the lines suggested by Lévy-Bruhl . |
| 40 | The reports were based on sworn statements of graduates of the camp , whose seven-month training including the use of explosives . |
| 41 | But Richard Collin , the council 's director of central services , said the calculations were based on unreliable assumptions and were some 25pc out . |
| 42 | Accordingly , most products developed were based on large , textual databases and it was only slowly that developers began stretching the medium to deliver images and sound in addition to text . |
| 43 | For the rest , all railways had economic origins , even if some were based on known resources , while others were planned in the hope of creating new economic opportunity . |
| 44 | I suspected that he was cheating , that the questions were based on false premisses . |
| 45 | The high church Anglican theologian Eric Mascall , writing in response to a report of a Lambeth subcommittee which commented that medieval understandings were based on false biological views , expressed himself thus : |
| 46 | These studies were based on observed patterns of practice from 1979 to 1982 , in forty-nine local authorities in England and Wales , and included approximately 2,000 children ( DHSS , 1985 ) . |
| 47 | Antagonist doses were based on previous publications . |
| 48 | Mosca and Pareto both claimed that their conclusions were based on direct empirical research , and followed a well specified methodology quite distinct from the loose theoretical analysis practised by contemporary Marxists or the trusting juridical focus on institutional appearances employed by advocates of liberal democracy . |
| 49 | The buildings were based upon late Roman designs but also displayed Oriental features especially in decoration and their use of brickwork in constructional and ornamental forms . |
| 50 | Prior to 1971 , contributions to the EC budget were based upon relative GDP 's . |
| 51 | At the time of the study , about 75000 civil servants from a total of about 700000 were based in central London . |
| 52 | Such people were based in separate areas of the prison , wore civilian clothes rather than prison uniforms and organised their daily activities independently of prison routines . |
| 53 | Most were based in close physical proximity to each other in the City of London ; they were often related or united by ties of friendship , and had ample opportunity to meet one another informally in coffee houses or elsewhere . |
| 54 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 55 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 56 | In the typical pre-industrial village the community , even if it was not tribal , was based on mutual rights , duties and obligations . |
| 57 | As with most booms , this one was based on proven results and justifiable prospects . |
| 58 | A stern economic austerity programme , imposed in August , was based on anti-inflationary monetary and fiscal policies which Fujimori had denounced during his election campaign [ see pp. 37650-51 ] . |
| 59 | The horse and not the internal combustion engine provided the principal method of transport , and day-to-day living was based on unremitting toil and self-sacrifice . |
| 60 | In 16 of 16 patients the diagnosis was based on multiple endoscopic biopsies ( >6 ) showing invasion of the gastric mucosa by lymphoid tissue . |