Example sentences of "is base [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , the treatment approach is based to a large extent on the principles of crisis intervention ( Caplan 1964 ; Brandon 1979 ; Ewing 1978 ; Bancroft 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Such a figure is based to some extent on notional accounting — an expert 's time per hour is , for example , assessed at a much higher rate than he or she is actually paid — but it indicates the profit margins which both houses need to maintain . |
| 3 | Consider for example the case of the avoidance of brother-sister incest , which is based to a substantial degree on an inhibition developed during close domestic association in the first six years of life . |
| 4 | Our modern life is based to a larger extent than is usually realised upon faith in the honesty of the other . |
| 5 | In Verbivore the focus is switched from the principles on which high technology is based to the media through which it is transmitted . |
| 6 | The safety case regime in the North sea is based to a considerable extent on the CIMAH regulations — the major accident hazard regulations as applied to industry on land . |
| 7 | Led by historian and broadcaster Dr Ian Grimble and accompanied by a member of Historic Scotland staff , it is based for six nights in picturesque Svaneke at the 17th-century Siemsens Gaard Hotel overlooking the harbour . |
| 8 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 9 | Its daring conception , ideal in the highest sense of the word , is based on the purest truth , and wrought out with the concentrated knowledge of a life , its colour is almost perfect , not one false or morbid hue in any part or line , and so modulated that every square inch of canvas is a perfect composition ; its drawing is as accurate as fearless ; the ship buoyant , bending , and full of motion ; its tones as true as they are wonderful ; and the whole picture dedicated to the most sublime of subjects and impressions … the power , majesty and deathfulness of the open , deep , illimitable sea . |
| 10 | Barton does investigate the actor 's work in a more contemporary way and the book is based on the TV series of the same name . |
| 11 | It is based on the theme of protestant liberty , which is consciously contrasted with catholic authoritarianism . |
| 12 | The initial outlay is quite low and the information here is based on using equipment and ingredients that are freely available . |
| 13 | This confidence survey is conducted among UK hotel general managers and is based on a sample of almost 100 drawn from different classes , sizes and styles of hotels geographically spread across the country . |
| 14 | This is based on the number of rooms in the hotel , not its tariff . |
| 15 | The amount that you are assessed to pay is based on what you should be able to afford to take out as a loan . |
| 16 | Every statement is based on observation ; every conclusion is supported by evidence ; every judgement is carefully weighed . |
| 17 | ‘ Cellnet is a business whose success is based on innovation and quality , ’ stated Marketing Support Manager Paul Leonard . |
| 18 | The help is based on the actual community charge set in your area in 1991–92 . |
| 19 | The report is based on a University of Salford research project entitled Voicing grievances and getting redress , which is a comparative study of tenants of different types of public sector landlord . |
| 20 | All dance is based on the same principles and rules which are dictated by the anatomical capacity for movement found in the human body . |
| 21 | Although MacMillan 's choreography fur both the above ballets is based on classical technique , it in no way conforms to the old school of dance or conventional mime . |
| 22 | It is , however , easy to recognise that the choreography for The Three-Cornered Hat has greater authenticity because it is based on the folk and flamenco dance Massine had studied in Spain . |
| 23 | The whole performance is based on the classical vocabulary of steps shorn of every convention so that he can go ‘ swifter than an arrow from an archer 's bow ’ . |
| 24 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |
| 25 | As with large tracts of The Possessed this is in effect third-person narrative , recalling the notebook assurance that whether ‘ my ’ story is based on hard facts or has simply been made up , it is all ‘ true ’ . |
| 26 | Tallis sets himself the task of showing that much of the structuralist and poststructuralist enterprise is based on a misreading of Saussure . |
| 27 | He further argues that Derrida 's fundamental claim that speech is really writing , and that writing is prior to speech , is based on a redefinition of terms , and that by such methods one could prove anything , that the rich are really poor , that the true is really false , and so on . |
| 28 | It is based on poems by a woman ( apparently her sister ) who became disabled by a viral disease . |
| 29 | Training is based on up to six years ' relevant job experience and includes on average two to three years ' study . |
| 30 | ‘ Richmond 's complaint is based on what they say was shown up by the video . |