We have no common basis from which to discuss it.
That is a basis from which to work'".
Hardly a sound basis from which to start preparing to police a nuclear-free world.
Yes, revenues may double this year to about $600m, but that is hardly a basis from which to justify a $17bn price-tag.
Palestinian negotiators are hoping to use the concessions Mr. Olmert made — which have never been publicly acknowledged by Israel — as a basis from which to start these negotiations.
Such evidence doesn't tell us what will happen in any individual country, but it is a better basis from which to reason than a counterfactual guess.
Their inquiry into liberalism, pragmatism, nationalism, anarchism, and socialism provided a basis from which to criticize traditional Chinese ethics, philosophy, religion, and social and political institutions.
"America First" may be a basis from which to attempt Great Power strategies and realpolitik bargaining, but it is not a slogan that offers hope to countries languishing at the bottom of world poverty tables.
Humber Street is a small, fragile basis from which to regenerate the city, not least because as money has returned to the economy, a new developer has taken control of the site.
Important call 9.21am Michel to James JH confidential Observed that Ofcom in their letter to him said our proposal was a promising basis from which to work but not quite complete acceptance.
Key officials were asked to prepare a slimmed down version of the text in order to hurry along the process and "have a better basis from which to negotiate".
