Example sentences of "based [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Soon complex life-forms emerged , based upon chemical arrangements that differed from each other . |
| 32 | In 1983/4 , estimates of the numbers of lone-parent families seem consistently and wrongly to have been based upon early tabulations from the 1981 Census , which identified 414 298 households in Great Britain containing one or more children aged under 16 living with only one adult . |
| 33 | The administrators-of the Modular Course , particularly Watson , realized early that sustainable course quality depends crucially upon relevant feedback and that course development strategies based upon relevant evidence receive readier acceptance from staff than strategies deriving their credibility from the perceived wisdom of management . |
| 34 | Beveridge ( 1911 ) refers to former evidence of trees based upon Gaelic place-names . |
| 35 | Centre staff engage in criminological and penological research , including that based upon empirical enquiries ; the sociological and historical analysis of law , deviance and punishment , medical jurisprudence , studies in sexuality and gender , the philosophy of law and studies in legal reasoning , including the relationship between law and language . |
| 36 | In particular , he was warned of the errors likely to be associated with naive projections of past accounting profit calculations , whether based upon historic or upon current costs . |
| 37 | Inter-country contributions to revenue based upon this kind of proposal would seem to be somewhat arbitrary , and based upon inter-country differences in smoking and drinking . |
| 38 | Also , while he was in Sicily , Richard heard that the current abbot of the monastery of Calabria , Joachim of Fiore , had announced a unique system of prophetic insight based upon Biblical references . |
| 39 | ( Previously there had been a shadow market , based upon operating-cost information . ) |
| 40 | In this review , I 've started from the premise that Excel is capable of doing all the spreadsheety things — like adding columns of figures , applying formulae , and allowing complex calculations based upon built-in functions . |
| 41 | But once again , Idealism provided the theoretical justification for a ( political ) critique based upon combined ageist and class prejudices . |
| 42 | It begins with ‘ description ’ , based upon factual statements of objective perception and analysis , and moves on to ‘ formal analysis ’ in which there is a search that goes beyond the surface inventory in order to seek out relationships and qualities . |
| 43 | The specific application of these stable , membrane-mimicking polymers is based upon recent studies of the role of natural phospholipids in haemostasis ( the arrest of bleeding ) and thrombosis . |
| 44 | Criticisms sent to the manufacturer/publisher will probably be listened to , it says , if based upon reasonable knowledge and an objective attitude . |
| 45 | New seismic data are of sufficient quality to map sub-Permian reflectors with confidence and extend the hydrocarbon search into deeper levels based upon reasonable reservoir and maturity concepts ( Fig. 22 ) . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | It 's difficult to imagine a more modern field of endeavour than the microtechnology involved with microcomputers , yet that is based upon inorganic chemistry . |
| 48 | Persuasion based upon religious belief can also be much more compelling and the fact that arguments based upon religious beliefs are being deployed by someone in a very close relationship with the patient will give them added force and should alert the doctors to the possibility — no more — that the patient 's capacity or will to decide has been overborne . |
| 49 | Persuasion based upon religious belief can also be much more compelling and the fact that arguments based upon religious beliefs are being deployed by someone in a very close relationship with the patient will give them added force and should alert the doctors to the possibility — no more — that the patient 's capacity or will to decide has been overborne . |
| 50 | Its aim would be to produce people with versatile musicianship and proven teaching ability , based upon religious conviction . |
| 51 | The analogies at the time were very crude and based upon feudal understandings of barons and servants and themes of honour , respect and dignity . |
| 52 | In hydrology , definition of the pathways of movement through the hydrological cycle has necessarily provided an important focus in studies by physical geographers but in geomorphology the use of concepts based upon energy-balance concepts has been less striking . |
| 53 | This is in contrast to the traditional structure based upon professional hierarchies . |
| 54 | It was based upon successful legislation in 21 of the country 's 50 states and , according to public opinion surveys , was supported by 90 per cent of the public , 90 per cent of police officers and 87 per cent of handgun owners . |
| 55 | The Atkinson definition of ‘ a reasonable size ’ was said to be too vague , and based upon existing levels of practice , rather than any desirable ideal . |
| 56 | Nevertheless , standards can provide some sort of framework for services , if they are credibly based upon existing practice rather than utopian ideals . |
| 57 | The SCOTVEC framework for core skills is largely based upon existing modules which are already well-established in centres . |
| 58 | The small units based upon traditional settlements or rural areas were to be replaced by wider areas with larger populations . |
| 59 | If our country is to maintain economic stability based upon traditional industries it needs a greater proportion of locomotive , shipbuilding , power stations , etc. , than we currently enjoy . |
| 60 | This economic system , which allowed the landowning classes to take a disproportionate share of the productive capacity of the economy , was based upon traditional craft skills using fairly primitive tools and it was labour intensive . |