basis of classification

collocation in English

meaningsofbasisandclassification

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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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classification
noun
uk
/ˌklæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌklæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of dividing things into groups according to ...
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(Definition ofbasisandclassificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thebasisofclassificationwill be discussed below.
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Relatedly, shape may be thebasisofclassificationerrors.
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Complete figures for 1970 are not yet available and those before 1963 are not directly comparable because of a change in thebasisofclassification.
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Fourthly, they should negotiate agreements on thebasisofclassificationof imports, or what the industry calls categorisation.
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It is on thebasisofclassificationthat any new law will have to operate.
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In other words, it was on thebasisofclassification.
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Thebasisofclassificationin these institutions is not the degree of a patient's criminality, not how much evil he has done, but the gravity of his mental disorder.
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Details for 1977 to 1979 are given in the corresponding month's issues for those years although those for 1977 are on a slightly differentbasisofclassification.
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Lastly, thebasisofclassificationmust not be arbitrary but should bear a reasonable relationship to the object of the executive action.
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To satisfy the second stage, there must be a discerniblebasisofclassification.
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