basis of membership

collocation in English

meaningsofbasisandmembership

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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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membership
noun
uk
/ˈmem.bə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈmem.bɚ.ʃɪp/
the state of belonging to ...
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(Definition ofbasisandmembershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not until we reach paragraph 5(a), that we meet for the first time the proposal to eliminate the hereditarybasisofmembership.
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The first is that the hereditarybasisofmembershipshould be eliminated.
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That question should be decided on abasisofmembership.
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Surely, thebasisofmembershipof river authorities should bear some relation to the use of water and the financial contribution to the authority.
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Our actuary went into the matter very carefully, and came to the conclusion that a compulsorybasisofmembershipwas an essential condition.
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Relevant skills and experience and not ethnicity should be thebasisofmembershipof the committee.
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I do so not on the basis of casual interest but on the genuinebasisofmembershipof the federation.
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Perhaps there is a clue in this: that the proposal to eliminate the hereditarybasisofmembershipis the first of the five "objectives" listed in paragraph 5.
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This would perhaps mean that after he was married and had the responsibility of a wife to support he would think about changing hisbasisofmembership.
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It allows workers to certify an exclusive bargaining agent on thebasisofmembership, sometimes known as majority sign-up.
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Since 1984, the member churches are in pulpit and altar fellowship, with common doctrine as thebasisofmembershipand mission activity.
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