Example sentences of "based [adv] upon [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a common fault , particularly in criminal law , to give the impression that the answer is based wholly upon common sense and a few gleanings from the Sunday newspapers . |
| 2 | Punk rock was over by then anyway ( real punks claimed it finished in 1976 , but who were the ‘ real ’ punks ? ) and in its place there was an orgy of cross-cultural pollination , based entirely upon received ideas . |
| 3 | Thus , in a situation where the contemporary social dynamic was seen as disordered and destructive , the new critical emphasis offered to intellectuals a mirror of their own estrangement and distance from everyday life , while holding up the ideal of a community of feeling and understanding based only upon literary criticism . |
| 4 | The data derived from this project should also permit some investigation of the extra-parochial dimensions of community in a manner which is difficult , if not impossible , in studies based largely upon parochial and manorial records . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , there are often Possibilities for the supplier to charge different people different amounts for the same good based approximately upon marginal value , for example a fixed charge plus an amount dependent upon intensity of use . |
| 6 | theses , only two published books ( her own ( 1977 ) and that of Singh ( 1978 ) ) were based substantially upon primary empirical research within prisons . |
| 7 | The effective design of any kitchen ventilation system must be based solely upon that particular kitchen , but also be backed up by a minimum standard of construction and air movement . |
| 8 | The standard defence of the modernist novel is based precisely upon these qualities , on its formal complexity and difficulty : the ‘ revolution of the word ’ is seen as either essential to , or more important than , any political revolution . |
| 9 | A number of studies based primarily upon private sector organisations have analysed the impact that these variables will have . |
| 10 | These responses are based specifically upon native speakers ' intuitions about what constitutes a well-formed , coherent narrative . |