selective basis

collocation in English

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selective
adjective
uk
/sɪˈlek.tɪv/us
/səˈlek.t̬ɪv/
intentionally choosing some things and ...
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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 ofselectiveandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Fundamentalists embrace social organizational and technological change on aselectivebasis, provided the changes are consonant with their own values and help them combat their internal and external enemies.
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Since the costs of an insurancebased programme might be unpredictable and possibly insupportable, they claimed, it would be preferable to provide benefits on a moreselectivebasisaccording to means-tests.
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In addition, discharges from fish farms are monitored annually on aselectivebasisemploying spot sampling.
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The industry also needs honest and above-board tendering on aselectivebasis.
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We have to make it clear that the open trading system has to be supported on a general and not a highlyselectivebasis.
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All that one sometimes receives is a rather thin white paper from the department, usually on a highlyselectivebasis.
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This reduction applied to both the number of suspects giving complete "no comment" interviews and those who refused to answer questions on aselectivebasis.
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In this instance, the schools are based on aselectivebasis.
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Therefore, if you are going progressively to increase efficiency, there must be room for an expanding outlet, at least on aselectivebasis.
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It is a question of exercising all these controls on aselectivebasis.
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Entry to sixth forms—whether from within or outside the school—has traditionally been on aselectivebasis.
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They should have been allocated in a fairer way and on a moreselectivebasisso that those most in need would get most aid.
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Height and weight monitoring after school entry is undertaken on aselectivebasiswhen there is concern about a child's health or growth.
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In this country we have always operated a system of recording those who enter on aselectivebasis.
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He could have done so generally or on aselectivebasis, directing help to regions in which the level of unemployment is highest.
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Where contracts have to be placed non-competitively we continue to seek all information relevant to pricing, and to use post costing on aselectivebasis.
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Theselectivebasisis almost universally accepted, but it is the amount of money being spent on that basis that is important.
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Assistance is available from public funds, on aselectivebasis, towards the cost of improving slaughterhouses, thus helping them to comply with hygiene regulations.
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Will he agree with me that these have been used quite shamelessly on aselectivebasisby some sectors of the media?
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