Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his thinking is indeed knowingly premised on the assumption that in the complete absence of change in conditions there would be no changes in organization ; so that whatever different changes in organization have occurred in the many lines descending from some common stock are due to differences in the conditions in those lines . |
| 2 | These models are based on an assumption that in solving complex problems about , for example , marriage , people use fairly simple set of principles , which may or may not be consistent , and which interact in any given situation ; their priority fixed by this situation . |
| 3 | We can , however , have a reasonable faith that there is , based on the realization that without it all moral thought is a complete illusion . |
| 4 | It is clear that many of these kinds of views were based on the evidence that in some areas of employment , and in particular on production lines involving speed and pacing , problems began as early as the mid to late forties . |
| 5 | It is paradoxical that this kind of censorship is really based on the belief that to be black or disadvantaged is something to be ashamed of , so that any references to such conditions have to be suppressed . |
| 6 | The objection was based on the fact that among children born within a year of the previous delivery , a high proportion is premature since , as a minimum , about at least a year is needed to produce a mature baby . |
| 7 | ‘ That opinion was largely based on the fact that in Robin Cook , Labour would have boasted a senior Cabinet minister with good understanding and enthusiasm for racing . |
| 8 | Their argument has been based on the fact that in general any specific single mutation will result in the alteration or absence of a single protein in the organism as it develops . |
| 9 | One interpretation was based on the fact that in each case memory appeared to be best for situations which accorded with the subjects ’ expectations about the junction , an attempt to test this was made by considering subjects ’ ratings for how normal the situation was . |
| 10 | His upbringing , education and training had been based on the assumption that in any situation his class were the natural leaders . |
| 11 | Press comment on the swingeing HMI criticisms of a Hackney comprehensive school focused on the fact that despite its obvious shortcomings , the school was oversubscribed . |
| 12 | His argument rested on the fact that in ‘ the real world ’ people had conversations about books . |
| 13 | The defence argument was solely that Caldwell could be distinguished on the grounds that in DPP v K there was a gap between the accused 's act and the injury , an argument which the court rejected . |
| 14 | Lyne-Pirkis v Jones was distinguished on the basis that in that case there was an express antithesis between the phrase " as general medical practitioners " in a recital and " as a medical practitioner " in the relevant clause . |
| 15 | The cases cited , and referred to in depth by my noble and learned friends , have proceeded on the basis that on the one hand money paid under a mistake of fact or under duress or as it is said ‘ colore officii ’ can be recovered , whereas money paid under a mistake of law or voluntarily ‘ to close a transaction ’ or to avoid threatened litigation can not . |