Sentence examples for basic on which from inspiring English sources
To take the kind of case that most interested Quine, it certainly seems unlikely that there is some small set of uses of at least theoretic terms in science, say "electron" or "mass," that are explanatorily basic, on which all other uses really asymmetrically depend: again, revision may touch any particular claim in the interests of overall explanatory adequacy.
They claim his only role as one of the great man's many assistants was to provide the basics on which Dumas could then build his masterpieces.
The present concept of the encyclopaedia as an essential starting point from which one can embark on a voyage of discovery, or as a point of basic reference on which one can always rely, dates only to the 18th century.
But that does not mean it should be a crime in law.Criminalising it would obviously limit freedom of speech, one of the basic freedoms on which other liberties depend.
Establishing respiratory homeostasis, buying time for recovery through artificial ventilation, still represents one of the basic principles on which intensive care is founded.
The basic conceit on which Ackroyd's fable rests is -- like everything in this book -- fanciful.
That is the basic question, on which much hinges for the United States and the world.
It's a violation of the basic tenets on which this nation was founded.
That, at least, is the basic principle on which our democratic [p795] society rests.
The basic material on which he draws is the daily reporting that was sent to New York from around the world.
