Sentence examples for be based on little from inspiring English sources

Consent searches, in the past, could be based on little more than a trooper's hunch.

Moreover, he said, Westminster opposition to scrapping the doctrine appeared to be based on little more than self-interest.

Beyond fiscal stimulus and government bailouts, the economic recovery that appears under way may be based on little more than self-fulfilling prophecy.

Soothing pronouncements by local governments and academics about the eventual ability to live safely near the ruined plant can seem to be based on little more than hope.

But too often site-specific theatre seems to be based on little more than neat contiguity between theatrical subject and performance location.

The creation of English regions appears to be based on little more than the banding of franchises for regional television.Moreover, local rivalries within regions can be intense.

Even the number of lawmakers in Iraq's new 325-member Parliament — one per 100,000 residents — is based on little more than a projection that the country's population has grown to 32.5 million.

EU discussions of freedom of movement in 2003-04 were based on little serious research.

But that claim is based on little hard evidence; the IMF work suggests it should be scrutinised extremely carefully.

In some cases, deals have been based on little more than a handshake, followed soon by the arrival of the first reverse commuters.

When Zombanakis proposed his innovation, in the 1960s, the rate was based on little more than a loan agreement, which participating banks signed.