on the basis of evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,basisandevidence
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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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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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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The need to justify policy change on thebasisofevidencecan be conveniently sidestepped.
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That is, he defends the claim that, in exercising faith, agents believe beyond 'what can be established rationally on thebasisofevidenceand argument'.
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It can only be concluded indirectly on thebasisofevidencefor increased interest in common resources and for decrease in outmigration.
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On thebasisofevidencereviewed above, we can be more cautious of deconstructionist programmes.
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Corballis argues for a new evolutionary scenario on thebasisofevidencefrom palaeontology, comparative psychology, and behavioural neuroscience.
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I can, for example, take an ascriptive view of virtues, ascribing traits to agents on thebasisofevidenceprovided by their expressions of feeling, attitudes and action.
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Such an approach can only be justified on thebasisofevidencethat all of the items are measuring the same construct, otherwise the overall score will be meaningless.
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On thebasisofevidencefrom the easing of this regulation from 20 % to 30 % over the period 2001/02 we find that it accomplishes none of these objectives.
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However, it is possible to detect the presence of an underlying postvocalic nasal glide just on thebasisofevidencefrom the distribution of nasal vowels.
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Hot spots for future research to study and integrate multiple levels of analysis are delineated on thebasisofevidencegleaned from the first waves of resilience research.
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We can make a judgment on thebasisofevidence.
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Trials were supposed to be held on thebasisofevidencerelating only to the charges before the court, not to the defendant's pre-history.
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The revised policy also emphasises the need to construct cases, wherever possible, on thebasisofevidenceother than that of the victim.
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An aspect of that is that people should not be prosecuted except on thebasisofevidencesufficient to justify a prosecution.
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They are not made capriciously but on thebasisofevidence.
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So we are now working, not on thebasisofevidencebut on the basis of supposition.
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Morale is clearly an intangible quality not directly measurable on thebasisofevidence.
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A decision about the commencement of a prosecution could be properly taken only on thebasisofevidenceassembled through a criminal investigation.
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Who would decide, and on whatbasisofevidence?
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Are we happy that people should be indefinitely detained and imprisoned on the flimsybasisofevidencethat they will never hear?
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