Example sentences of "[adj] basis for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that were all Olson were saying , then it would be reasonable enough and would provide an interesting basis for historical study of the reasons for specific literacy practices in specific cultures . |
| 2 | The historical basis for this stance , Art . |
| 3 | However , although friendship is an important source of mutual support and companionship , it does not provide a sound basis for long term care . |
| 4 | Although British Government officials are hopeful that the threat of Mr Clinton setting up substantial trade barriers is receding , there is still no progress on the GATT trade agreement that could establish a sound basis for international commerce for the remainder of the century . |
| 5 | to provide a sound basis for further development of the lexicographical system |
| 6 | The work sheds new light on the early history of the Library , and offers a sound basis for further research into its collections . |
| 7 | The aim of the guidelines is to establish quality assurance systems for the industry and to create a sound basis for further improvement in the areas of health , safety and the environment . |
| 8 | It is gradually becoming clearer that information needs defined strictly in terms of documents are not an adequate basis for future developments in the design of online catalogues . |
| 9 | Those who became active in PPU groups , however , could not long avoid Clifford Allen 's question — did pacifism , as such , provide an adequate basis for political action ? |
| 10 | ‘ Separately , but on a daily basis for easy reference . |
| 11 | You know so you have to reach out on a daily basis for these gifts . |
| 12 | It is essential , therefore , that a clear theoretical basis for multicultural mathematics be developed if we wish to demonstrate the value of a multicultural approach to education . |
| 13 | Piaget , then , provided a way of investigating children 's mental behaviour by looking at the talk and actions of real children , initially his own — Jacqueline , Laurent , and Lucienne — and also a theoretical basis for such study . |
| 14 | Although there are differences in emphasis in the contributions of individual Formalists , the theoretical value of their work is best understood and appreciated as a collective effort to establish a coherent theoretical basis for literary studies . |
| 15 | The principal theoretical basis for these attempts to limit the role of " the masses " within the political system lay in the revision of traditional democratic theory in such a way as to incorporate some of the findings of modern political sociology , and some of the arguments of the classical elite theorists , Pareto , Mosca and Michels . |
| 16 | The range of possible scientometric measures involving the use of citation counts in association with other factors is large , but the field is so fluid at present that many recent papers suggest new combinations of factors , whereas there is often no theoretical basis for these measures . |
| 17 | It is hard to avoid the suspicion that Kay 's and Smith 's articles are intended to reinforce the erroneous claim that there is no scientific basis for clinical ecology . |
| 18 | The scientific basis for these reductions was the latest research findings on the health of the 90,000 people who had been exposed to the radiation from the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and were still alive . |
| 19 | Whilst it amounted to an important general statement on the limits of state action in a democratic society , it provided no clear basis for specific government economic action . |
| 20 | Mr Mandela 's son , Makghatho , has been visiting his father at his prison house near Cape Town on a weekly basis for some months . |
| 21 | But there was no popular basis for this view , as the Aeon leaders discovered when they tried to mobilize support for Churchill in 1936 . |
| 22 | Here was a strong social basis for social purity , which could be effectively mobilised by moral entrepreneurs . |
| 23 | Their retention suggests that ‘ an authoritative basis for independent action ’ at local level ( Regan and Stewart , 1982 ) is seen as important in NHS management , in spite of previous difficulties . |
| 24 | Our aim will be the creation of stable government for a whole Parliament and a more democratic basis for future elections . |
| 25 | If the philosophical basis for these inroads into the general principle is paternalism , what legal bases or justifications are there ? |
| 26 | Extended Fund facility This facility provides 20 per cent of credit and was established in 1974 to assist countries on a longer-term basis for supporting adjustment efforts through structural reform and appropriate macroeconomic policies . |
| 27 | The ‘ aristocratic ’ character of landowning has been a central basis for social status and political power in Britain for centuries , and the divisions of interest between land and industry have been fundamental to the political development of the upper class . |
| 28 | He regarded it as essential that men become more deeply committed to their work through the formation of professional/occupational groups , since for them an involvement in the family did not provide a sufficiently sound moral basis for continued existence : ‘ Men must gradually become attached to their occupational or professional life … |
| 29 | Although it is a close-run thing arithmetically , there seems to be no real basis for this charge of bastardy . |
| 30 | That , at least , is the clear implication of yesterday 's statement from Eurotunnel — indicating that the bankers believe their own forecast does not provide an appropriate basis for further finance . |