The phrase "a sensible basis for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundation or reasoning behind a decision, argument, or proposal that is logical and reasonable.
Example: "The research provides a sensible basis for implementing new policies in the organization."
Alternatives: "a rational foundation for" or "a logical ground for".
This would not make a "sensible basis for policy decisions about the future of the BBC" and its universal service, it concluded.
Whether on the street or at the terminal, suspicious behaviour is a sensible basis for search by policing professionals; race or religion is not," she said.
Real Labour would not abandon a bedroom tax but would see it as a sensible basis for redistributing housing assistance to those who really need it, not to those who inherited a need that has expired.
The Pensions Regulator suggests that six to 12 months is a realistic timeframe to get a scheme in place, while some experts reckon 18 months is a sensible basis for planning.
[It] agrees that they form a sensible basis for reform of digital rights and calls on the Government to support their statement and make reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight.
If we vote to stay in, we will have done so in full knowledge that staying entails a commitment to free movement of workers in the EU, both in principle and practice, and the resulting migration flows; and implicitly we will have rejected the "tens of thousands" target as a sensible basis for policy.
"This has been an exceptionally long, difficult and expensive process involving not just the FTT and UTT but also several approaches to resolve the with senior HMRC officials on a commercially sensible basis for all parties which were rejected".
"This has been an exceptionally long, difficult and expensive process involving not just the tax tribunal but also significant efforts to resolve the matter with senior HMRC officials on a commercially sensible basis for all parties.
That is why the PM is right to target the amount we pay in benefits for those coming to the UK to work, and put these arrangements on a sensible basis.
He has resisted — and his foreign minister and unity government partner, Avigdor Lieberman, has openly derided — the two-state solution that is the only sensible basis for a lasting settlement that could anchor a regional peace.
There is simply no sensible basis for keeping draft histories and similar documents secret forever.
