factual basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffactualandbasis
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factual
adjective
uk/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
using or consisting ...
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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 offactualandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Accordingly, scientific data are regarded fundamentally insufficient as afactualbasisof proper ethical consideration.
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He criticised the use of racial categories and attacked the work's conceptual andfactualbasis.
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By identifying influences we are characterizing what matters in the long-term - afactualbasisabout long-term change.
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Thus, a newly claimed customary international law must have two kinds offactualbasis.
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In consequence, geometry presupposes afactualbasis, namely that bodies and motions suited to the measurements operations presupposed by the axioms are in fact available.
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In addition, adequate monitoring, which can provide thefactualbasisfor rapid changes in policy should evidence suggest that a nonlinear effect is acting or a threshold crossed, is essential.
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Hutton's sense of the truth's detailed,factualbasisis indicated nicely here by the term 'forensic': a word that appears several times in the report although in illuminatingly diverse contexts.
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The argument about fishermen is facetious and has nofactualbasis.
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At least we are getting on to afactualbasisin looking at this problem.
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That does not constitute a real right to thefactualbasisof political decisions.
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I am always prepared to consider representations on afactualbasis.
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I say, frankly, that we can only deal with this matter if we deal with it on a strictlyfactualbasis.
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That followed a refusal to give a sufficientlyfactualbasisfor an answer to a parliamentary question.
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I have faulted part of it but there is much else that seems to have afactualbasisto it.
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Let us look at it on afactualbasis.
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Taken together, those studies should provide thefactualbasison which we can develop our future strategy.
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There is plenty of folklore, some with afactualbasis, that suggests that there are people who have found a way around the system.
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The third argument, which is a serious argument, is that we must understand thefactualbasison which the advice was given.
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We understand the point, but we should like to hear thefactualbasisfor it.
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