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- 01. We have staff meetings on a regular [basis].02. What exactly is the [basis] of his complaint?03. Community colleges generally teach [basic] survival skills to immigrants in their ESL classes.04. Although Norm is a little aggressive in business, he is [basically] quite an honest person.05. The earthquake resulted in a crack running around the [base] of the walls in our house.06. Freedom of speech is a [basic] right which cannot be ignored.07. People living in some countries do not even have access to the [basic] necessities of life.08. C. P. Snow once said that science is the refusal to believe on the [basis] of hope.09. John F. Kennedy once said that a man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures, and that is the [basis] of all human morality.10. On the [basis] of the information at hand, I would say that we should wait, rather than take a chance right now.11. In Cuba, due to shortages, people can only buy a small amount of the most [basic] items each month.12. In Britain, it is illegal to advertise job vacancies on the [basis] of race or sex.13. A Spanish proverb suggests that the fear of women is the [basis] of good health.14. Macbeth, King of Scotland whose life was the [basis] for the famous play by Shakespeare, died in the year 1057.15. Most people require almost 50 liters of water a day for drinking, bathing, cooking and other [basic] needs.16. A decent home is a [basic] necessity of life.17. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that the will of the people shall be the [basis] of the authority of government.18. He was awarded a scholarship [based] on his marks in high school.19. Your final grade will be partly [based] on your performance on the standardized tests.20. The [basic] source of all surface water on our planet is precipitation.21. The notion that human beings are systematically taught how to behave, feel and think is the [basis] of sociological theory.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.