sound basis

"We are clearing the ground to start again on a sound basis."

On the other hand, that may be because there's a sound basis for my feelings.

Nonetheless, they do constitute a sound basis on which to work.

I think that we have a sound basis to vote on this report in Parliament.

No amount of force may have been able to hold together that which lacked a sound basis in the first place.

Training in local government offers you a sound basis for career flexibility.

Despite all the discussion, I have not seen anything that has a sound basis."

"But I'm sure there is a sound basis for this legend," she said.

"But we want to make sure we're on a fiscally sound basis first," he said.

But it does not provide a sound basis for new investment in construction or rehabilitation.

They may have been actual inquiries with a sound basis for investigation.

That's not a sound basis for a relationship, and a lot of people here feel forced to do it."

It forms a sound basis for discussion and is to be welcomed in this sense.

A sound basis is now available to the governments.

Legislation never was a very sound basis for a currency, Major."

I believe that these will form a sound basis for proceeding with the discussions on the 1998 budget.

They are indeed better, and provide a sound basis for greater hopes."

It's just a little idea, but it has a sound basis behind it.

Well suited to the dream world, such thinking rarely forms a sound basis for public policy.

The force and board perform well and have a sound basis for future development.

He thinks only of destruction, which is not a sound basis for a stable rule.

The comparison could offer a sound basis for adjustment, the professionals said.

Many Jewish practices have a sound basis in health.

This is an example of a policy with a vaguely sound basis but poor implementation and planning.

I thought that might make a pretty sound basis for a partnership of a different kind.'