1.   Based as it is on the north western edge of Snowdonia the centre is an ideal base for all kinds of climbing.

2.   My father failed to comprehend that his explanations were based as much upon faith as mine.

3.   Anyone who has looked at how economic statistics are constructed knows that they are based as much on educated guesswork as on hard facts.

4.   Baseball has its own rhythm, based as much on intangibles as it is on gate receipts and wins and losses.

5.   Betancourt was raised mostly in France, where her father was based as a United Nations official.

6.   But like all forecasts, this one is based as much on guesswork as anything else.

7.   But, analysts say,this is misleading since the problems in California are unique and not based as much on energy shortages as an unwise deregulation scheme.

8.   Fernandez added, however, that the support for Zacarias was based as much on his abilities as on his ethnicity.

9.   Herbal remedies, in contrast, could be made and taken by anyone and seemed to be based as much on folklore as on fact.

10.   His legend is based almost as much on the latter as on the former, which is scantily documented.