basis of comparison

collocation in English

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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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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofbasisandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The results appear generalizable, and provide a soundbasisofcomparisonfor further work in the field.
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In themselves the similarity scores are not very informative, since we have nobasisofcomparison.
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We believe it is important for scholars to consider the reinterpretation before using the conventional wisdom as thebasisofcomparison.
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The immediate recall measure was used as abasisofcomparison.
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In addition to forming abasisofcomparisonfor our final results, we shall use these facts in a modified situation later.
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Thebasisofcomparisonassumes a common semantico-syntactic domain for the relevant expressions.
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Of course, much of the interest of this proposal will depend on the particular belief chosen to provide thebasisofcomparisonwith theistic belief.
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The problem here is that we do not have a suitablebasisofcomparisonbetween persons in terms of their wilful behaviour.
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This model provides abasisofcomparisonfor estimating the goodness of fit of the hypothesized models.
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In addition, a total of 279 adult verb forms were taken from child-directed speech as abasisofcomparisonand for the analysis of input frequency.
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Any discrepancies, as with the slight rise for following pause were not statistically significant and are included in the graph only to give abasisofcomparison.
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Thebasisofcomparisonis stochastic ordering.
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That being so it is not possible to arrive at abasisofcomparison.
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In that instance there was at least somebasisofcomparisonin the 1¾ lb.
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That is two things: the methods of calculation are wrong and thebasisofcomparisonis wrong.
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One of the problems about this interim index is that there is nobasisofcomparisonany further back than 1947.
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I suggest that he should get down to a realistic and properbasisofcomparison.
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That is a very superficialbasisofcomparison.
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Surely, therefore, thebasisofcomparisonhas been quite unfair in this matter.
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If the point is as old as the hills he should not have used the tender price figure asbasisofcomparison.
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Thebasisofcomparisonis with pre-war wage rates.
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If these larger areas are enforced, you get a kind ofbasisofcomparison, and your basis must become effective.
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It is generally possible to make a good case by choosing one'sbasisofcomparison.
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He is not dealing with a realbasisofcomparison.
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Figures relating to intermediate days in the year are not published as they do not afford abasisofcomparisonbetween one year and another.
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A fairbasisofcomparisonwould be by the gross-ton-mile unit, which is a measure of the weight of traffic which passes over the road.
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There, in paragraph 2 (a), there is reference to bargaining about wages and conditions on thebasisofcomparisonwith other employees.
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