Example sentences of "[adv] base upon [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This elaborate state structure , providing in principle for the greatest possible degree of local self-government , was none the less based upon the principle of democratic centralism which meant that , in the last resort , central decisions could be imposed upon levels of government below them . |
| 2 | Bourdieu 's Distinction , in common with several other approaches to consumption , such as that of semiotics , is largely based upon the mapping of differences between goods on to differences between social groups , which , in the more reductionist instances , are often treated as prior social divisions unaltered by this process of signification . |
| 3 | Except in the case of the Yakuts and the Turks and Mongols of the southern steppes , their economy was largely based upon the use of reindeer — in the first place by hunting wild herds during their seasonal migrations , and later by domesticating them to a greater or lesser extent . |
| 4 | West of the Yenisei , the fishing and hunting economy of the Mansin Khanty , Selkup and Ket peoples was largely based upon the use of dugout or plank boats , in which they navigated the numerous rivers , lakes and marshes of the Ob basin . |
| 5 | But J. S. Middleton , the Labour Party General Secretary , had set out in a series of published letters to Harry Pollitt , the Communist secretary , the arguments against allowing Communist affiliation : they were largely based upon the fact that the Communists adhered to the Communist International , based in Moscow , and were bound to obey its orders . |
| 6 | Any employee at Coniston Mines during the 19th Century would fall into one of two distinct categories : ( 1 ) a dayworker , whose wages were generally based upon a rate of so much per day but which was variable depending upon the degree of skill required , yet at times might be calculated on a piece rate , or , ( 2 ) a miner engaged in winning ore from the stopes , tunnelling , raising , or shaft sinking through rock . |
| 7 | Imperial Japanese ‘ popular names ’ were generally based upon the world of nature ( eg Baika — Plum Blossom , Seiku — Clear Sky , Hayabusa — Peregrine Falcon etc ) . |
| 8 | This is an important point , since in many libraries selection is part of an integrated approach which also includes acquisition and cataloguing , and the national bibliography 's machine-readable records are used for all these functions ( although the actual selection process is usually based upon the print version ) . |
| 9 | It has just been argued that a thorough analysis of the market attractiveness and competitive strengths of an SBU ( possibly based upon a Porter analysis ) , should provide more insight into the future covariability of the SBU and total market returns . |
| 10 | The banker 's decision to issue a credit nowadays is rarely based upon the availability of a ‘ clean , on board , negotiable ’ ocean bill covering the shipment of a readily marketable commodity . |
| 11 | It was during the composition of " East Coker " at Emperor 's Gate that the idea of a quartet of poems occurred to him , a sequence which would be loosely based upon the scheme of the four seasons and the four elements . |
| 12 | Spielberg , accustomed to close encounters in the extra-terrestrial sphere , has offered to be creative consultant on a drama-documentary loosely based upon the book , which has sold over 300,000 hardback copies in the UK and has been reprinted fourteen times . |
| 13 | ‘ This again , as it seems to me , is analogous to unfairly inducing a defendant to confess to an offence , and the short judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeal is clearly based upon the maxim nemo debet prodere se ipsum . |
| 14 | Broad groupings of this kind are typically based upon the nature of the political system and the stage of economic development of the countries included , such as the threefold distinction between western market-industrialised societies , communist states and developing Third World countries . |
| 15 | It is important to realize then that our symptoms , produced in response to stress , are not solely based upon the stress occurring at the given time , but upon all the stress accumulated in our stress glass over time . |
| 16 | The argument over where control should reside is often based upon the criterion that an evaluation should be capable of suggesting appropriate remedies . |
| 17 | In this vein , nationalism is described as if it were some independent ideology , strangely based upon a sense of belonging to a particular national or ethnic group , with its traditions and a so-called common history . |
| 18 | My Lords , at a time when more and more cases involve the application of legislation which gives effect to policies that are the subject of bitter public and parliamentary controversy , it can not be too strongly emphasised that the British constitution , though largely unwritten , is firmly based upon the separation of powers ; Parliament makes the laws , the judiciary interpret them . |
| 19 | ‘ At a time when more and more cases involve the application of legislation which gives effect to policies that are the subject or bitter public and parliamentary controversy , it can not be too strongly emphasised that the British constitution , though largely unwritten , is firmly based upon the separation of powers ; Parliament makes the laws , the judiciary interpret them . |
| 20 | But what I would like to say before we look at those is that the Act was actually based upon a report — the government set up a committee to look into special education several years ago , and this reported about two years ago . |
| 21 | Well known as riff-writer extraordinaire and with a seemingly bottomless pit of catchy songs to draw from , Canadian Adams confides that his approach to songwriting and guitar playing is actually based upon a formula . |
| 22 | The model of the post-heroic leader that we discussed earlier is certainly based upon the premise that individuals will respond to encouragement . |