hereditary basis

collocation in English

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hereditary
adjective
uk
/hɪˈred.ɪ.tər.i/us
/həˈred.ə.ter.i/
(of characteristics or diseases) passing from a parent to a child through the ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition ofhereditaryandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Though a less secure form of tenure, these holdings were frequently held on ahereditarybasisand were also bought and sold among the peasantry.
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It is not until we reach paragraph 5(a), that we meet for the first time the proposal to eliminate thehereditarybasisof membership.
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The first is that thehereditarybasisof membership should be eliminated.
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It owes itshereditarybasis, as we all know, to circumstances which have long passed away.
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If so, will it be on a life orhereditarybasis?
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The prejudice against anyhereditarybasiscan be dealt with quite easily.
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Our representation could be upon an elective basis, or we could be nominated, or we could continue thehereditarybasis.
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They are not, like the peerage, on ahereditarybasis.
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It must-be a body, if it is to have any credentials whatever for the performance of its task, which rests upon a democratic, and not ahereditarybasis.
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Perhaps there is a clue in this: that the proposal to eliminate thehereditarybasisof membership is the first of the five "objectives" listed in paragraph 5.
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Unusually for an industrial body, membership is awarded mainly but not exclusively on ahereditarybasis.
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The practice was so popular that each noble family had gusans residing with them on and passing on their skills on ahereditarybasis.
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