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".
A second-year was "quite convinced" that zero was odd, on the basis that "it is the first number you count".
China has rejected any cap on its emissions on the basis that it is a developing nation.
In particular one critic said to me: so you're opposed to GM on the basis that it is marketed by big corporations.
They thus claim that current evolutionary theory is likely to undergo such a revolution in the future, on the basis that it is a "theory in crisis" for one reason or another.
It has to be considered that if a region is selected on the basis that it is shown to be activated in one group (here, the control group), then comparison with any other group statistically inflates the chances that increased activation in the first group will be found.
In particular one critic said to me: so you're opposed to g.m. on the basis that it is marketed by big corporations.
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.
While the problem of enormous queues at understaffed polling stations may be a new one in this country, the postal voting system has often come under fire on the basis that it is open to fraud or administrative failure.
Criticism of the vocational qualifications often draws fire on the basis that it is academic elitism.
