BASIS in a Sentence

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65 example sentences for BASIS, such as:

1. The organization is run on a voluntary basis.
2. We deal with each case on an individual basis.
3. We have a good working basis, however, on which to start.
4. Scholarships are given solely on the basis of financial need.
5. The publishers planned to produce the journal on a weekly basis.

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basis
 n.  the most important or necessary part of something
 n.  the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  We have a good working basis, however, on which to start.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  The wretched ignorance with which Jupe clung to this consolation, rejecting the superior comfort of knowing, on a sound arithmetical basis, that her father was an unnatural vagabond, filled Mr. Gradgrind with pity.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX
3  With the stern coolness which formed the basis of his character, Brian de Bois-Guilbert communicated this hideous intelligence, which was not so calmly received by his astonished comrade.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  It is the scientific use of the imagination, but we have always some material basis on which to start our speculation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
5  Then, having established ourselves upon this sound basis, it is our duty to see what inferences may be drawn and what are the special points upon which the whole mystery turns.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
6  In that case we should have to commence our investigation from a fresh basis altogether.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
7  I really had not the energy to follow it up save in a very incomplete fashion, but it gave me a basis for some pleasing speculation.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
8  But this particular sample is so short that I can do nothing, and the facts which you have brought me are so indefinite that we have no basis for an investigation.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
9  My benefactor then explained to me fully the meaning of the Great Square of creation and pointed out to me that the numbers three and seven are the basis of everything.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
10  On the basis of these necessarily untrustworthy reports Napoleon gave his orders, which had either been executed before he gave them or could not be and were not executed.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXIII
11  Though this plan had been drawn up on the supposition that Moscow was still in our hands, it was approved by the staff and accepted as a basis for action.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III
12  This legitimate peculiarity of each individual which used to excite and irritate Pierre now became a basis of the sympathy he felt for, and the interest he took in, other people.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XIII
13  At the basis of the works of all the modern historians from Gibbon to Buckle, despite their seeming disagreements and the apparent novelty of their outlooks, lie those two old, unavoidable assumptions.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER I
14  I suppose that nature works on such a hopeful basis that we believe against ourselves that things will be as they ought to be, not as we should know that they will be.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion--these are the two things that govern us.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
16  We do not try to fine-tune the economy on the basis of short-term predictions.
17  They offer contrasts both in the dynamical basis of rhythmicity and in the analytical methods that have been used to examine them.
18  The executive committee manages the group on a day-to-day basis.
19  Scholarships are given solely on the basis of financial need.
20  We expect a successful acquisition to provide a basis for the global expansion of our services in a full-fledged manner.
21  We deal with each case on an individual basis.
22  It's just not feasible to manage the business on a part-time basis.
23  The organization is run on a voluntary basis.
24  The new firm was owned on a fifty-fifty basis by the two parent companies.
25  More than half the children of divorce did not see the non-custodial parent on a regular basis.
26  Because of other demands on his time, the Chancellor will not usually be a leading participant on a regular basis.
27  Working on a part-time basis can prepare them for a future career.
28  The publishers planned to produce the journal on a weekly basis.
29  That is the basis for a new rationale which services should reflect.
30  It builds on work undertaken by the researcher on the first generation in Leicester, thus providing a basis for intergenerational comparison.