"basis of the statement" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe the facts, information, or reasoning that a statement is based on. For example: The basis of the statement is a series of interviews conducted by the researchers.
There is no indication in the article that he was pressed for the basis of the statement, as I think he should have been.
Because of this scientific and economic importance of the entropy production we show on the basis of the last two publications of the author Real Processing I and Real Processing II, see the literature citation, a complete and closed mathematical physical derivation of the generalised Principle of Minimal Entropy Production on the basis of the statement of Helmholtz and Rayleigh.
In addition, in order to avoid further confusion of the text I would propose, on the basis of the statement given by the Director-General, which should be taken as a guide, that the issues like trade, good governance, reproductive services, human rights which have been settled in other fora should not be re-opened here.
8. On the basis of the statement of estimates, the Commission shall enter in the ▌ draft general budget of the European Union the estimates it deems necessary for the establishment plan and the amount of the subsidy to be charged to the general budget, which it shall place before the budgetary authority in accordance with Article 314 of the TFEU.
One of them declared plaintiff 'unfair' to the tile layers union and, upon the basis of that statement, the other sign solicited tile work for union tile layers.
"It seems she was a pleasant and very good girl with a promising future," Perida said, "but on the basis of the statements we've received, we understand she was besotted with this man".
The firm obviously believes there is a case to answer, and in order to take it forward they need to find a plaintiff – someone who has suffered financial harm in this period due to purchasing shares on the basis of the statements made.
In a statement issued yesterday, CSHL President Bruce Stillman said Watson's comments in "no way reflect the mission, goals, or principles of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Board, administration or faculty.... Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory does not engage in any research that could even form the basis of the statements attributed to Dr. Watson".
A standardised questionnaire has been developed on the basis of the statements in the expert interviews, as well as additional insight in the recent literature [ 7- 9].
