Sentence examples for back on the basis from inspiring English sources

The main disagreement between Mr. Bloomberg and his critics is the mayor's insistence that young students should be kept back on the basis of a single test.

Poor countries, especially young ones, ought in theory to invest more than they save, and so be a net source of demand for richer, older ones, all the more so when the latter are in bad shape.In the rich world the danger is the reverse: politicians cutting back on the basis that growth is assured.

On Monday, Mayor Bloomberg announced he would extend his grade retention policies to 4th and 6th grades -- meaning that all NYC students through 8th grade would now face being held back on the basis of a single test score.

Except for the VSAT, which was taken from the TNO battery of cognitive tasks for follow-up reasons, we chose the SRT, CRT, and N-back on the basis of recently published work attempting to assess EMF-induced changes with respect to brain physiology (Koivisto et al. 2000a, 2000b; Preece et al. 1999).

The third-grade retention plan was initially designed to hold back youngsters on the basis of a single test, a truly unconscionable practice.

By going ahead with the EU-Turkey deal, Merkel was also accused of turning a blind eye to the predicament of Syrians in Turkey; many are due to be deported back there on the basis that Turkey guarantees their rights.

It puts us back on the same basis.

Manuel Cortes, the union's general secretary, said: "Jeremy has a set of policies and values which will benefit working people and we will be backing him on the basis.

In a classic example of right- and left-wing alignment, Ms Le Pen has backed Syriza on the basis of its opposition to austerity, though she has always criticised its relatively tolerant immigration policies.

Cañete confirmed that the bloc would not back an agreement "on the basis of a minimal level of common agreement".

"If we go back into negotiations on the basis of dialogue but no changes in the proposals, what's the point in that?" he told the BBC.