In an ill-thought-out aside, he has just confided in me that he will be supporting Ecuador on the basis that "it is the only country I know that describes exactly where it is on the globe".
Recently, I received a marriage proposal in Italy on the basis that "it is impossible to find a girl who eats as much as you". This, I admit, was probably a fair calculation on his part.
A second-year was "quite convinced" that zero was odd, on the basis that "it is the first number you count".
The pair were due to face trial on 9 March but were told on Friday that the Crown Prosecution Service had dropped its case "on the basis that it is not in the public's interest to prosecute".
China has rejected any cap on its emissions on the basis that it is a developing nation.
The £420m stumped up for its GBB programme will only be loaned "on the basis that it is recoverable".
Just Eat, reports the FT, is hoping to list at a value of £700m-£900m, or 70 to 90 times its profits before interest, tax and depreciation, on the basis that it is a "technology" company.
Criticism of the vocational qualifications often draws fire on the basis that it is academic elitism.
He added that he supported Hamas "only on the basis that it is the democratically elected government in Palestine.
They have argued against the introduction of a minimum unit price in Scotland on the basis that it is experimental.
For decades, the UK has operated on the basis that it is in an international dogfight to attract investment.
