The phrase "a prior basis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a previously established foundation or reasoning for a decision or action.
Example: "The committee made its decision based on a prior basis of evidence presented in the earlier meeting."
Alternatives: "previous foundation" or "earlier rationale".
Without any prior basis for weighting importance of different activities in the initiation, we calculated the average effect across the 10 components as though each was a separate exposure; this relied on Meta, an R program.
This view was also soundly refuted by Abelard on the grounds that if an individual is a man only because it is a member of the collection of men, there can be no prior basis for putting an individual into one collection rather than another.
A major focus of InSb NW research was its optoelectrical properties; as a result, NW synthesis was a major issue to be addressed on prior basis.
I would like to note a prior theoretical basis of such novel magnetic bonding, structure, stability and reaction dynamics.
We have used simulated random noise perturbing the input data samples, since we had no prior basis to assume any specific bias in noise (direction or subset of genes).
We have postulated in a prior publication that the basis of the vascular C5b-9 deposition and consequent vascular injury reflects the ability of elevated circulating porphyrins coursing through the superficial cutaneous vasculature to activate complement when exposed to sunlight and/or other forms of ultraviolet light exposure.
However, the samples used to declare genome-wide association in each region are generally the same as, or a subset of, those used to generate the summary statistics used in our analysis, and we cannot alter a prior belief on the basis of the same data we are about to analyse.
That work became the basis of a statistical technique, now called Bayesian estimation, for calculating the probability of the validity of a proposition on the basis of a prior estimate of its probability and new relevant evidence.
Aliens admitted under section 1181(a) of this title on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to their accompanying parent who is such an immediate relative.
(3) The Secretary shall allocate export licenses to exporters pursuant to this subsection on the basis of a prior history of exportation by such exporters and such other factors as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to minimize any hardship to the producers of western red cedar and to further the foreign policy of the United States.
