Example sentences of "[adv] based upon " in BNC.
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| 1 | The types existed because certain basic patterns of animal organization were more efficient than any other conceivable forms , so all species were necessarily based upon one or another of these patterns . |
| 2 | The spread of literacy and of universal education may be more crucial in precipitating fertility decline , even if it can not occur without the development of a more market oriented economy , less based upon family and subsistence production , and a perception of real income growth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He pointed to the necessity of a reciprocal relationship , one that had ultimately to be beneficial to all participants , and not merely based upon value money exchanges but one that entailed an exchange of real use-values . |
| 5 | She stared down at the crucifix , wondering desperately how much they knew , whether they had any knowledge of her liaison with Tristram or whether these questions were merely based upon suspicion . |
| 6 | It is entirely based upon the fraudulent suggestion that , if we did not support agriculture , the prices now obtaining in the world at large would be our prices . |
| 7 | In decoration and linear format , this school appears to represent more of a native tradition ; whilst the former , apparently based upon a single workshop ( and its subsequent contraction ) appears to be organised more deliberately . |
| 8 | The meetings were informal and were not normally based upon consideration of specific statistical or financial reports , being instead discursive , impressionistic and somewhat gossipy . |
| 9 | In recent years , however , a less simplified and more generous interpretation has emerged , as noted , for instance , by Syroechkovskii : ‘ It is now clear beyond doubt that shamans were usually quite poor individuals , who stood out by reason of their intelligence or personality , and their authority was normally based upon this ’ . |
| 10 | The general order of a library classification scheme was often claimed ( notably by Henry Evelyn Bliss ) to be best based upon " an educational and scientific consensus of opinion " , but even if such a consensus is at any one time conceivable , in present circumstances it is increasingly unlikely to persist in any recognizable sense . |
| 11 | The structure of the female group is thus based upon the relatively simple social dynamic principles of preference for high rank and the consequent competition , which in its turn maintains the hierarchy . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The SCOTVEC framework for core skills is largely based upon existing modules which are already well-established in centres . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Imperial Japanese ‘ popular names ’ were generally based upon the world of nature ( eg Baika — Plum Blossom , Seiku — Clear Sky , Hayabusa — Peregrine Falcon etc ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Their recommendation to farmers is usually based upon an ad hoc or more systematic land capability assessment . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Secondly , the weeding process itself is usually based upon three criteria , described in more detail below . |
| 22 | Topical creams , such as the hip and thigh cream which I used , are usually based upon plant extracts which affect the circulation just below the skin . |
| 23 | Theories in the traditional natural sciences are usually based upon icons of generative processes rather than knowledge of the generative processes themselves , and we are not unhappy to be in that company . |
| 24 | Such obligations , usually based upon kinship relations , are highly specific as regards both the actions demanded and the identity of the individual subject to them . |
| 25 | The existing schemes in the early and mid-1980s were usually based upon an annual interview by a member of the Senior Management Team of a school , or perhaps a head of department . |
| 26 | Promotion was then usually based upon seniority , sometimes upon performance . |
| 27 | It is linked to an appraisal system usually based upon a banded assessment of performance . |
| 28 | Our subsequent participation has been conditional upon our acceptance of the inevitable — a curriculum constructed historically as a reflection of men 's ideas , assumptions and priorities , presented as objective truth : and a view of women informed by a range of ideologies collectively based upon notions of male supremacy . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |