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Basis
"Basis" in a Sentence (19 examples)
It is important to strengthen the basis.
This theory was founded on a scientific basis.
Food, clothing and shelter are the basis of life.
Greetings are the basis of good manners.
We should judge matters on a broader basis.
The conclusion rests on a solid basis.
The conclusion was formed on the basis of these facts.
What is the basis for the argument?
There is no scientific basis for these claims.
This store is operated on a cash basis.
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1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271, Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent; Mountain on mountain thrown, With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!
We see here the ground-plan of masses of houses, with their upper walls of fire-baked brick on a basis of stone.
I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.
Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.
The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.
Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.
Included in the basis could be elevation, cleaning, freight by truck and/or rail, government inspection fees, administration fees, interest and storage charges as well as allowance for risk and profit for the grain dealer.
The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.
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