The phrase "the basis for setting" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to refer to the underlying reason or principle for establishing or determining something. Example: The research findings provided the basis for setting up new guidelines for employee performance evaluations.
"So using average levels as the basis for setting safe staffing levels risks continuing that trend into the future".
If agreed, the lower public health target proposed today – 48.5% – will be used as the basis for setting binding targets over the next 15 years for pollutants such as ammonia, sulphur dioxide (SO2), particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
The panel rejected a proposal today by its other co-leader, Cynthia Cooper, a former professional basketball player who is now chief executive of a sports marketing company, that would have made interest surveys, rather than enrollment, the basis for setting participation targets under the proportionality test.
Those who favor an overhaul of state companies say that splitting State Grid into smaller units would make their financial records more transparent and would allow greater scrutiny of operating costs — the basis for setting China's electricity prices — and could lead to lower power tariffs.
We used previous research as the basis for setting our combustion co-efficients [12].
Data on prevalence and associated factors can provide the basis for setting priorities and designing interventions.
Democrats need to refocus domestic debate around a handful of fundamental goals on which all Americans can agree -- goals that in turn become the new basis for setting fiscal priorities and tradeoffs.
Both groups emphasize that substantial research efforts are necessary to improve the scientific basis for setting standards.
The level of noise at superficial gas velocities between 2.5 and 6.2 cm/s is shown to be comparable, and formed a basis for setting the threshold values used in the soft threshold de-noising method.
Another pharmaceutical company, Sepracor, has for years challenged the government's authority to use the "least costly alternative" as a basis for setting reimbursement rates for Xopenex, prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
"That could be a basis for setting aside the verdict," Mr. Morgenthau said.
