9.6.2.4 Basis
Use this domain for words indicating that something is the basis for another thing.
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(1) What words indicate that one thing is the basis for another?
Example words: basis, foundation, on the basis of, in view of, by virtue of, be the basis of, form the basis of, on what basis? What do you base your...?
His promise <is the basis of> my hope.; His work <formed the basis of> all subsequent developments.; He was convicted <on the basis of> circumstantial evidence.; <In view of> the current situation we should think about moving.; <By virtue of> the authority conferred on me I pronounce you man and wife.