Sentence examples similar to hardly basis from inspiring English sources

The tag is hardly without basis.

It's hardly the basis for a more inclusive society.

But pride and/or terror are hardly the basis for a successful marriage.

Contempt for the opinions of allies and constituents is hardly a basis for truth-telling.

Yes, revenues may double this year to about $600m, but that is hardly a basis from which to justify a $17bn price-tag.

We receive skilled labour at subsidised rates, as the costs of training it will have been borne by developing countries – hardly the basis of a fair transaction.

But punishing an entire country for the past mistakes of some of its leaders, while morally satisfying to some, is hardly the basis for sound policy.

He had, Dolnick says, "a taste for the cloyingly sweet or the creepily erotic," hardly the basis for the making of masterpieces.

This is hardly a basis for such assumptions of guilt as when you urge the President to "correct his testimony" (editorial, July 29) and take steps to tell the truth (editorial, July 30).

It is hardly the basis for a bull market.But even if Indian shares seem somewhat frothy, the euphoria could be helpful if it enables India to raise equity.

From a creditors' point of view, which the European Union authorities have apparently adopted, a country that has accumulated too much debt must be punished, so as not to encourage "bad behavior". But punishing an entire country for the past mistakes of some of its leaders, while morally satisfying to some, is hardly the basis for sound policy.