sufficient basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsufficientandbasis
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sufficient
adjective
uk/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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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 ofsufficientandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Unfortunately, neither single-wave studies nor even two-wave studies provide asufficientbasisfor studying development.
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This is asufficientbasisfor use of correlational procedures, albeit less powerful ones than those used here.
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One controlled trial is not asufficientbasisto warrant the large-scale adoption, and replication studies in different locations are needed to produce effective programmes.
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The idea has spread, withoutsufficientbasis, that 'work is dangerous'.
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In many cases, information about changes or trends is easier to obtain than absolute estimates and may be asufficientbasisfor management decisions.
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In most cases, this is asufficientbasisfor developing a treatment strategy.
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It may be premature to consider our results asufficientbasisto implement cognitive treatment in clinical practice, but neither do the current data justify the opposite conclusion.
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My view is that the causal co-variance of neural states or processes with events in the world is a necessary but notsufficientbasisof semantics.
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Since the relationship between level 1 operations and level 2 representatives is not unequivocal, this means that level 2 does not providesufficientbasisfor understanding level 1 activity.
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This elimination of two out of the three factors in production might be practically feasible, perhaps even just, if collective production were organized on asufficientbasisof authority.
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We would be reluctant to attribute moral credit on the basis of these mental features' instrumental value; mere instrumental value is not asufficientbasisfor attributing trait-related moral credit.
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The majority argued that theft was a danger to society and often led to violent crime, so potential theft was asufficientbasisfor a finding of dangerousness.
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It was estimated that that was the figure that was necessary in order to have asufficientbasisof operating vehicles.
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That is not asufficientbasisfor creating a new statutory duty for a wide range of bodies.
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Those tests are asufficientbasisof exposure to the competitive forces of the market place.
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Regarding prison, perhaps we should consider that one day spent in prison would be asufficientbasisfor disqualification.
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It is not, of course, asufficientbasisfor a comprehensive law of citizenship.
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They continue to cling to the idea that the control of money supplies not only a necessary but also asufficientbasisfor re-expansion.
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However, anecdotal evidence alone is not asufficientbasisfor legislation.
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If an incident involving so many tragic deaths does not constitute asufficientbasisfor a successful prosecution, something is wrong.
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