firm basis

collocation in English

meaningsoffirmandbasis

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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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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 offirmandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffirm basis

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Before proposing a new virtual impedance algorithm, the related work is surveyed in order to provide afirmbasisfor this research.
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Thus, our generalizations about apparent differences between different endings did not have a veryfirmbasis.
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Thus, corrective practices like those of tort law would seem to have afirmbasisin utilitarian ways of thinking.
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These preliminary positive results provide afirmbasisto conduct a randomized controlled trial of face-to-face interaction versus videoconferencing.
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Although this is in essence folklore, it takes quite some work to put it on afirmbasis.
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Since they came into being based on the support of all the villagers, there must have been cases when there was nofirmbasiswhich everyone could endorse.
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That is actually afirmbasisfor the information society, and we must always preserve it.
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I do not want to go through all the provisions of subsection (2), but it starts on thefirmbasisof establishing facts.
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We shall take them forward on afirmbasisof consultation and partnership.
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There is nofirmbasisfor estimating the turnover on other forms of betting and gaming.
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We shall then have afirmbasisfor action.
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All those four points are substantial steps forward and give us afirmbasison which we can proceed to normalise our diplomatic relations.
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This experience will give the companies here that have developed such projects afirmbasisto do so elsewhere.
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Only in a limited number of instances is the concession allowed to be made on what is called afirmbasis.
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It is not a veryfirmbasison which to build, if the financial difficulties of the firm are a reality.
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There is apparently nofirmbasisfor fixing compensation.
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The present system has long been regarded as giving the universities the great advantage of afirmbasisfor planning over a five-year period.
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These links, together with the safeguards within the legislation, will provide afirmbasisfor continuing collaboration in the interests of adult students.
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The first is to restore and improve the capital equipment of the territories so as to provide afirmbasisfor future development.
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It would have left the tenant in uncertainty and with nofirmbasison which to make a judgment.
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