The phrase "a lot based on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent to which something is determined or influenced by another factor.
Example: "The success of the project is a lot based on the team's collaboration and communication."
Alternatives: "largely dependent on" or "heavily influenced by".
We can learn a lot based on the opening credits of Olive Kitteridge, HBO's latest miniseries that aired parts one and two on Sunday 3 November, and will conclude with parts three and four on Monday 4 November at 9pm ET. As the credits appear we see close-ups of familiar items magically transformed.
This year we went a lot based on potential.
We do a lot based on gut feel about the bandwidth of the supervisor or manager of each division.
"He's a genius as someone who developed his own vocabulary of ornament, a lot based on botany," Mr. Holtzman said.
He added: "You can learn a lot based on how focused you have to be in every game, how prepared you have to be, and then the consequences of not doing that.
With such companies, said Herbert P. Minkel Jr., the head of the bankruptcy practice at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, a New York law firm, "prices tend to bounce around a lot based on rumor". He said he thought companies with large amounts of junk bonds outstanding ought to be required to file standard financial information.
Coach Bruce Coslet said he did not plan to start Davis and Booty this week or to use them a lot more based on last week's heroics.
A lot. Based on the numbers, investors poured $1.95 billion into early-stage startups across 115 deals in the second quarter.
"When we are talking, in what you could call the courting process, a lot is based on comfort.
"There is a lot of fear based on a little information that tends to drive the market," he said.
Otherwise a lot of it is based on a lot of the criminal shows I've watched in the past.
