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The phrase "are partly based" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundation or origin of something that is not entirely derived from a single source or idea.
Example: "The conclusions of the research are partly based on previous studies conducted in the field."
Alternatives: "are somewhat derived" or "are partially founded".
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The grades are partly based on the daily checklists parents send in.
Q: Charges against Dzhokhar are partly based on security cams — Ms. Tsarnaeva: I don't even know.
Our methods are partly based on the theory of adjoint C0-semigroups.
Waiters, whose salaries are partly based on commissions, have seen their salaries drop by a third, forcing many to quit.
The rulings provide fresh impetus for Congress to rewrite the grotesquely unfair crack cocaine laws on which the federal sentencing guidelines are partly based.
Submitorder's fees are partly based on how much warehouse space its clients use -- an inducement to keep clients from insisting that slow-moving items stay in stock.
Part of the interest of these parts comes from knowing that they are partly based on Spark's own time working for such legends as Peter Owen.
The proposals are partly based on the so-called ring of steel erected around the City of London in the wake of IRA bombings in the 1990s.
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This view is partly based on history.
This perception was partly based on myth.
"Economic growth was partly based on false foundations.
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