Sentence examples for play the basis from inspiring English sources

Roman Polanski made the play the basis for what is perhaps his bloodiest film (released in 1971).

There appears to be a bias towards low numbers, suggesting that recent play, the basis of the world rankings, does mean something in the outcome of major championships.

Adapted from Jean Poiret's play, the basis for the popular 1978 French film (which Mike Nichols successfully remade in English as "The Birdcage" in 1996), "La Cage" could easily be titled "Jean-Michel Has Two Daddies".

"Banks are defining who can play and who can't play on the basis of risk analysis," Mr. Johnson said.

"Going forward that will carry on being the philosophy and that will carry on being the way we try to play, with the basis of all that underpinned by a real strong worth ethic and a real togetherness".

I should like at this point to draw your attention to the fact that, because of the cultural peculiarity of the audiovisual sector, which is such that this sector cannot be treated as a normal industry, the Commission must clarify the role which the main shareholders play on the basis of competition policy.

We have to play on the basis of wisdom, love and peace.

My teams play football the way I believe it should be played but the basis comes from before, from my mentor, from Cruyff".

Your fitness will not increase if you don't play the sport on a regular basis.

They brought terrific parts for women, sardonic humour and plots of dynastic revenge that resonated in a troubled Europe – and reminded us that these plays, the basis of our drama, have recently been seen less often than they deserve.

The play was the basis of a short-lived television sitcom of the same name, broadcast on ABC in 1975.