Example sentences of "are based on [art] " in BNC.

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1 They are based on a refinement of the natural movements made by the bones and joints when activated by the muscles , tendons and ligaments found in any human body .
2 Mr Chirac explained that by tradition defence bills are based on a cross-party consensus .
3 The royalties paid to writers for recorded music , referred to as mechanical royalty rates , are based on a percentage of the retail selling price .
4 ( The questions are based on a fuller questionnaire by Horne J. A. and Ostberg O. ( 1976 ) .
5 Otherwise the sets are based on a bare raked platform overlooked by a gallery , and with an enormous window let into the back wall for the offstage wedding scene of Act 2 .
6 Otherwise the sets are based on a bare raked platform overlooked by a gallery , and with an enormous window let into the back wall for the offstage wedding scene of Act 2 .
7 For Bataille , the ultimate destination of rational thought is the revelation that we know and can know nothing , beyond the realization that all the towering projections of the human spirit are based on a primary denial of the abyss out of which we were formed .
8 Of course , this can only be verified by a complete inventory , but the important point is that the sampling methods used , and the way in which the results were extrapolated to apply to the whole collection , are based on a sound mathematical theory which is widely used and tested in other fields , and therefore carried sufficient weight to satisfy the Museum and its auditors .
9 There are , however , two criticisms which have been levelled at Hamilton 's ideas , mainly by sociologists and anthropologists , which are based on a misunderstanding .
10 Fourthly , the movements are based on a principle of democracy , so that they have very little in the way of hierarchy or authoritative positions .
11 The table below details specimen surrender values which would be applicable if the Bond was surrendered in the first five years , and are based on a monthly premium of £9 .
12 The biological assumptions involved in such statements are based on a series of half-truths about the ageing process , extended so that they appear to support explanations about the nature of life and health in old age that are not justified by the facts .
13 The main variation on the area theme tends to occur in authorities which are based on a very large city collection .
14 The data are based on a different population than is seen in British clinics but it provides quantitation of the degree of obesity in practice .
15 This is a general danger or problem with theories that are based on a consensus view of society — a view that society is held together by common values , shared by all .
16 This suggests that theories linking football hooliganism to changes in working-class community life are based on a somewhat dubious history .
17 The majority of partnerships are based on a model imported from the USA and exemplified by the Boston Compact .
18 Secondly , it will develop intellectual structures in a young mind that are based on a feeling for , or an intuitive grasp of mathematical concepts .
19 These forecasts are based on a complex procedure which derives five alternative economic and energy scenarios for the UK from three alternative scenarios of the world 's economy .
20 Those whose task it is to lay down the law on matters of ethics and morality need to ensure that their views are based on a wide knowledge of human institutions and their history .
21 Some marriages are based on a tacit , if not explicit , agreement that parents have prior claims .
22 Some are based on a wrong premise : I remember a Labour one in 1979 which pre-supposed that the world would think Mrs Thatcher was a bogeywoman and said something like : ‘ The day you forgot to vote , Mrs Thatcher became the next prime minister . ’
23 Often , however , financing decisions are based on a less rigorous methodology .
24 But most non-scoring credit decision systems are based on a similar idea — an attempt to predict the future , based on how an individual seems to fit into a pattern of past good and bad credit risks .
25 More radical moves to reform the NHS are based on a belief that individuals should take more responsibility for their health care and that this can be achieved by extending the choice of different suppliers of medical services .
26 The proposals are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of juvenile crime , he claims , confusing an exceptional event with the control of persistent crime .
27 While some checklists may simply identify a list of ‘ useful linguistic skills ’ which may serve as a selection menu with few constraints on the sequence in which separate items are taught , those which are based on a developmental sequence place strong constraints on the selection of teaching objectives .
28 All three types of pattern , ( written , diagrammatical and digital or Form ) , are based on a tension , or gauge , swatch ; without this , the pattern would not exist at all in any form , because all knitting patterns are basically a notation of how to knit a shape with a given yarn and stitch type , mathematically calculated from the original swatch .
29 ‘ Those offences are based on a complaint which is completely false and baseless .
30 If we regard our guide as simply looking for advice as to what moral rules are correct , unrelated to a particular decision which he is called upon to make or to a particular situation in which he is involved then it will be impartiality of the first and last types which are particularly relevant : that is , the formal requirement that legislation is to be universalised , and the material requirement that the decisions made are based on a consideration of all relevant factors .
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