Example sentences of "[vb past] the basis for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen Solomon and Walter Bodmer first pointed out that the variation in human gene sequences represented a powerful new mapping tool , which laid the basis for studies that led to the human genome project ( in which the entire genome will be mapped , characterised functionally , and eventually sequenced ) . |
| 2 | There was , however , sufficient overlap between his illustrative and painted work for one to fertilise the other ; many of the drawings for Time Was Away afterwards provided the basis for paintings . |
| 3 | New fisheries legislation which changed the basis for regulation of Greenland 's shrimp fisheries and attached quasi-property rights to licences to fish were introduced in 1990/91 , and were aimed at tackling the industry 's problems . |
| 4 | These ‘ ideas , formed the basis for group action and it is the way in which these spontaneously evolve and are carried out that constitutes one of the most active elements of ‘ hanging about ’ … |
| 5 | And they also formed the basis for Gorbachev 's concept of ‘ reasonable sufficiency ’ and for the way in which the negotiations on conventional force reductions in Europe were conducted . |
| 6 | Such surveys formed the basis for research for many years and still remain the principal source for some categories of data . |
| 7 | This remained the basis for immigration policy until 1965 . |
| 8 | They considered George Bush 's insistence on the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait as a condition which destroyed the basis for negotiations , as once withdrawal had taken place there would no longer be a conflict to negotiate . |