adequate basis

collocation in English

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adequate
adjective
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/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory 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 ofadequateandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The field as it exists, particularly one as new and expanding as this one, may not be anadequatebasisfor forecasting future trends.
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We need to define a class of structures that provides anadequatebasisfor interpreting faithfulness constraints.
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Only a comprehensive study furnishes anadequatebasisfor assessing the generality or strength of a certain tendency.
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But one cannot be blind to the fact that there are other factors now which provide anadequatebasisfor reconsideration.
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We will then be able to conduct our discussions on a moreadequatebasisthan last night's television programme.
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The report says that experience indicates the need for the establishment of the pre-natal service on a moreadequatebasis.
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I want to consider how far these sources taken together provide anadequatebasisfor policy guidance before deciding whether major research is necessary.
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Why was there noadequatebasisfor monitoring the use or cost of the scheme?
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There may, though, still be cases where recent involvement with the premises provides anadequatebasisfor exemption.
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The number of such firms is considered sufficient for peace time requirements and for providing anadequatebasisfor expansion in emergency.
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This will ensure anadequatebasisfor all the issues to be thoroughly debated at a public inquiry.
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The present loans scheme is deficient because it does not provide anadequatebasisfor funding realistic living costs.
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I readily accept that in the other grades mere size of department was not regarded asadequatebasisfor exceptional treatment.
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There will be noadequatebasisfor using comparables to assess what the new rent should be.
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Is this anadequatebasisfor proper parliamentary discussion of matters of such far-reaching importance and concern?
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The first reason was that he held it provided the onlyadequatebasisfor the organisation of secondary organisation and continuation classes.
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The first is that the county provides anadequatebasisfor the organisation of secondary and continuation classes.
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We do not consider that it constitutes anadequatebasison which to assess export licence applications for military goods.
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So these grants must be on anadequatebasis.
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